<p> National champion K Srikanth's dream run came to an end after he suffered a straight-game defeat against fourth seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Super Series Premier here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The world number 38 Indian, who had notched up victories against higher-ranked Yun Hu of Hong Kong and Korea's Wan Ho Sun in the last two rounds, went down 10-21 15-21 against Sugiarto, a silver medallist at the World Junior Championships in Incheon.<br /><br />The 20-year-old Indian, who was crowned the National Championship in New Delhi, could not pose much of a challenge to Sugiarto in the opening game as after 3-3, the Indonesian broke off and kept extending his lead to eventually pocket the game comfortably.<br /><br />In the second game too, Sugiarto managed to hold an upper hand all throughout. <br /><br />Although Srikanth kept the pressure on his fancied rival by clawing back at 15-15, the Indonesian closed the door on him by reeling off six straight points to reach the semifinals.<br /><br />Top shuttler Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and P Kashyap lost in the second round yesterday.</p>
<p> National champion K Srikanth's dream run came to an end after he suffered a straight-game defeat against fourth seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Super Series Premier here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The world number 38 Indian, who had notched up victories against higher-ranked Yun Hu of Hong Kong and Korea's Wan Ho Sun in the last two rounds, went down 10-21 15-21 against Sugiarto, a silver medallist at the World Junior Championships in Incheon.<br /><br />The 20-year-old Indian, who was crowned the National Championship in New Delhi, could not pose much of a challenge to Sugiarto in the opening game as after 3-3, the Indonesian broke off and kept extending his lead to eventually pocket the game comfortably.<br /><br />In the second game too, Sugiarto managed to hold an upper hand all throughout. <br /><br />Although Srikanth kept the pressure on his fancied rival by clawing back at 15-15, the Indonesian closed the door on him by reeling off six straight points to reach the semifinals.<br /><br />Top shuttler Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and P Kashyap lost in the second round yesterday.</p>