changzhou top shuttlers pv sindhu and kidambi srikanth lost their quarterfinal matches on friday drawing the curtains on indias campaign at the 1 million china open bwf world tour super 1000 tournamentafter srikanth was ousted 921 1121 by reigning world champion kento momota of japan third seed sindhu went down fighting 1121 2111 1521 to world no 6 chen yufei of china in a hardfought contest which lasted 52 minutessindhu had beaten the 20yearold chen four times in their last six meetings but on friday she couldnt curb her errors or find a way to break her opponents superior game planin the opening game chen opened up a 63 lead the chinese produced some stunning strokes to grab a 115 lead with a powerful return which the indian had no answersafter the break sindhu took two points but there was a weak return at the net and another stroke went out sindhus errors coupled with chens superb placements saw the chinese move to 157chen dictated the pace and punished any error from the indian who went out a few times eventually the chinese sealed the game with a sharp smashafter the change of ends sindhu tried to engage her opponent in rallies by varying the pace and it worked as she led 61however mental fatigue seemed to affect her judgements as chen showed good reflexes and unleashed quick and precise strokes to narrow the lead to 56chen shot a few shots wide allowing sindhu to make it 106 but she twice hit the net before a thunderous smash earned her 118 advantage at the breakthe indian extended the lead to 1510 she tried to boost herself by celebrating each point and eventually roared back to contest when her rival hit long againin the decider chen stepped up the pace after an initial burst of points from sindhu to lead 74 chen maintained the threepoint advantage at the breatherchen returned with a barrage of strokes on sindhus backhand and aided by the indians errors moved to a 148 leadsindhu showed signs of recovery pocketing four straight points which included a crucial video referral but she hit wide again as the score read 1612 in chens favourin the end sindhu hit a long shot followed by a return at the net giving chen five match points and she sealed it with another powerful smashearlier srikanth who had a 37 headtohead record against momota couldnt find a chink in momotas armour and went down without a fight against the world no2 in a lopsided contestsrikanth had lost to momota at the malaysia open and indonesia open in june and july respectivelythe indian was no match for momota who has been in sensational form since making a comeback after serving a oneyear ban for visiting an illegal casinosrikanth lagged 15 initially he recovered to 45 with three straight points but couldnt put up a fight as momota surged to a huge 196 lead before pocketing the first gamethe second game was no different as