<p>Indian campaign in the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton ended on Saturday with R M V Guru Sai Dutt and K Srikanth losing their semifinal matches against their respective Chinese rivals in Macau.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Seeded 12th in the tournament, Sai Dutt lost 16-21, 17-21 to unseeded Chen Yuekun of China in a 38-minute last-four clash while Srikanth threatened to take the match against another Chinese Gao Huan to the decider before going down 8-21, 19-21.<br /><br />Sai Dutt, ranked 51st in the world, was going neck and neck with his Chinese opponent in the initial stages and they were 11-11 and then 15-16 before Chen raced ahead to take the first game.<br /><br />The Chinese was much better in the smash winners and that made the difference in the second game also, as he left the Indian behind after they were 13-13 to win the match.<br /><br />Srikanth also failed to match his opponent’s smashes as the Indian was out of sorts in the first game. From 2-4 down in the beginning, Srikanth lost his way to concede the first game 8-21 in no time. <br /><br />Gao had twelve smash winners as against four from Srikanth in the first game.<br />Srikanth came back strongly in the second game which was a tight contest. The Indian was neck and neck with his Chinese opponent and they were 18-18 before Gao held on to his nerves to first take two straight points before pocketing the match in 39 minutes.</p>
<p>Indian campaign in the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton ended on Saturday with R M V Guru Sai Dutt and K Srikanth losing their semifinal matches against their respective Chinese rivals in Macau.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Seeded 12th in the tournament, Sai Dutt lost 16-21, 17-21 to unseeded Chen Yuekun of China in a 38-minute last-four clash while Srikanth threatened to take the match against another Chinese Gao Huan to the decider before going down 8-21, 19-21.<br /><br />Sai Dutt, ranked 51st in the world, was going neck and neck with his Chinese opponent in the initial stages and they were 11-11 and then 15-16 before Chen raced ahead to take the first game.<br /><br />The Chinese was much better in the smash winners and that made the difference in the second game also, as he left the Indian behind after they were 13-13 to win the match.<br /><br />Srikanth also failed to match his opponent’s smashes as the Indian was out of sorts in the first game. From 2-4 down in the beginning, Srikanth lost his way to concede the first game 8-21 in no time. <br /><br />Gao had twelve smash winners as against four from Srikanth in the first game.<br />Srikanth came back strongly in the second game which was a tight contest. The Indian was neck and neck with his Chinese opponent and they were 18-18 before Gao held on to his nerves to first take two straight points before pocketing the match in 39 minutes.</p>