<p>Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were virtually out of contention for the knockout stage after losing their respective second-round matches in the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.</p>.<p>A week ago Sindhu had suffered a demoralising defeat to Ratchanok Intanon and there was no change of fate for the World Champion this time too as she went down 18-21 13-21 to the third-seeded Thai.</p>.<p>"It wasn't my day. Losing the first game made the difference. My timing was a bit off, so a bit disappointed," Sindhu said.</p>.<p>Srikanth enjoyed a 3-0 head-to-head count against Wang Tzu Wei ahead of his match but it mattered little as the Taiwanese world no 12 claimed a come-from-behind 19-21 21-9 21-19 win over the Indian.</p>.<p>"I have to figure out a way to pull out these close matches. I was dominating him for the most part of the third game," Srikanth said after losing yet another three-game contest.</p>.<p>"I think it's about match practice, playing against top players continuously. We haven't played for a year, and before that, I wasn't playing against the top eight players continuously. I feel I'm almost there."</p>.<p>With only the top two players from each group making it to the semifinals, the twin defeat almost sealed the fate of the Indian duo in the tournament.</p>.<p>Earlier, Srikanth and Wang fought tooth and nail right from the start, moving together 5-5 to 9-9 before Srikanth managed to grab a slender 11-10 lead with a smash.</p>.<p>Srikanth opened up a significant 15-11 lead with Wang sending the shuttle wide twice.</p>.<p>Srikanth continued to dominate the rallies with his angled returns to reach 17-12.</p>.<p>Wang, however, narrowed it down to 18-19 with Srikanth committing few errors but the Indian managed to grab two game points with a smash. He lost one before converting the next with Wang making a poor judgement at the backline.</p>.<p>Both the shuttlers engaged in some energy-sapping rallies but Wang played some superb shots to open up a 9-5 lead as Srikanth made a poor judgement. The Indian made successive errors at the net to allow Wang to grab a healthy 11-5 advantage at the interval.</p>.<p>Wang simply ran away with the game as he led 16-6 and eventually sealed the game when Srikanth found the net.</p>.<p>The decider started with attacking rallies with Srikanth leading 4-1 but Wang produced a rearguard action to make it 8-4 with seven straight points.</p>.<p>Srikanth bounced back to make it 10-10 but Wang again grabbed a lead at 17-13.</p>.<p>Srikanth then made Wang run around the court, leaving him flat on the ground in the end. He made it 16-17 before finding the net and going wide. Srikanth again missed the line as Wang grabbed four match points. The Indian saved three but went down in the end.</p>.<p>In the match involving Sindhu, the reigning world champion went into the contest against Ratchanok determined to make up for her loss in their last meeting.</p>.<p>The Indian made a positive start, jumping to a 5-2 lead and then grabbed an 11-6 lead at the break. However, Ratchanok caught up with four straight points at 14-14.</p>.<p>Sindhu again moves ahead to 18-17 but a burst of four points helped Ratchanok gain the upper hand.</p>.<p>The Thai star continued her momentum from the first game to open up an 11-8 lead at the break. Sindhu narrowed it to 11-12 before Ratchanok reeled off six points on the trot to take the match away from the Indian. </p>
<p>Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were virtually out of contention for the knockout stage after losing their respective second-round matches in the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.</p>.<p>A week ago Sindhu had suffered a demoralising defeat to Ratchanok Intanon and there was no change of fate for the World Champion this time too as she went down 18-21 13-21 to the third-seeded Thai.</p>.<p>"It wasn't my day. Losing the first game made the difference. My timing was a bit off, so a bit disappointed," Sindhu said.</p>.<p>Srikanth enjoyed a 3-0 head-to-head count against Wang Tzu Wei ahead of his match but it mattered little as the Taiwanese world no 12 claimed a come-from-behind 19-21 21-9 21-19 win over the Indian.</p>.<p>"I have to figure out a way to pull out these close matches. I was dominating him for the most part of the third game," Srikanth said after losing yet another three-game contest.</p>.<p>"I think it's about match practice, playing against top players continuously. We haven't played for a year, and before that, I wasn't playing against the top eight players continuously. I feel I'm almost there."</p>.<p>With only the top two players from each group making it to the semifinals, the twin defeat almost sealed the fate of the Indian duo in the tournament.</p>.<p>Earlier, Srikanth and Wang fought tooth and nail right from the start, moving together 5-5 to 9-9 before Srikanth managed to grab a slender 11-10 lead with a smash.</p>.<p>Srikanth opened up a significant 15-11 lead with Wang sending the shuttle wide twice.</p>.<p>Srikanth continued to dominate the rallies with his angled returns to reach 17-12.</p>.<p>Wang, however, narrowed it down to 18-19 with Srikanth committing few errors but the Indian managed to grab two game points with a smash. He lost one before converting the next with Wang making a poor judgement at the backline.</p>.<p>Both the shuttlers engaged in some energy-sapping rallies but Wang played some superb shots to open up a 9-5 lead as Srikanth made a poor judgement. The Indian made successive errors at the net to allow Wang to grab a healthy 11-5 advantage at the interval.</p>.<p>Wang simply ran away with the game as he led 16-6 and eventually sealed the game when Srikanth found the net.</p>.<p>The decider started with attacking rallies with Srikanth leading 4-1 but Wang produced a rearguard action to make it 8-4 with seven straight points.</p>.<p>Srikanth bounced back to make it 10-10 but Wang again grabbed a lead at 17-13.</p>.<p>Srikanth then made Wang run around the court, leaving him flat on the ground in the end. He made it 16-17 before finding the net and going wide. Srikanth again missed the line as Wang grabbed four match points. The Indian saved three but went down in the end.</p>.<p>In the match involving Sindhu, the reigning world champion went into the contest against Ratchanok determined to make up for her loss in their last meeting.</p>.<p>The Indian made a positive start, jumping to a 5-2 lead and then grabbed an 11-6 lead at the break. However, Ratchanok caught up with four straight points at 14-14.</p>.<p>Sindhu again moves ahead to 18-17 but a burst of four points helped Ratchanok gain the upper hand.</p>.<p>The Thai star continued her momentum from the first game to open up an 11-8 lead at the break. Sindhu narrowed it to 11-12 before Ratchanok reeled off six points on the trot to take the match away from the Indian. </p>