Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma were eliminated in the first round of the Thailand Badminton Open on Wednesday. Srikanth was beaten by Sesar Hiren Rustavito of Indonesia 21-12, 14-21, 12-21 in the BMF World Tour Super-300 category. The match played in Bangkok lasted 48 minutes. World No-5 Srikanth is out after losing in the first round of the third consecutive tournament.

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At the same time, Sameer was defeated by Malaysia's Li Ji Jia 16-21, 15-21 in straight sets. The match ended in 39 minutes. At the same time, Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy will start their journey in this tournament. Srikanth is ranked 22nd and 23rd in the BWF Race to Tokyo rankings before this match. Under BWF Olympic qualification rules, only two players from every singles category can qualify for the Olympics provided their ranking is in the top 16 by 26 April.

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World champion PV Sindhu is sixth and B Sai Praneeth is in 11th position. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remain in the eighth position. He is almost certain to play the Olympics. Saina will start her campaign against Denmark's Line Hojmark against whom her record is 4–0. At the same time, Srikanth is going to face Shesar. Sameer Verma will play Lee Ji Jia of Malaysia while HS Prannoy will play against Louis Daren of Malaysia.

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