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The unseeded Rajawat, who had stunned world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the opening round, lost to Naraoka 17-21 16-21 in straight games...
Upcoming Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat's dream run in the Singapore Masters Super 750 tournament ended with a pre-quarterfinal loss to third seed Kodai Naraoka, in Singapore on Thursday.P)..
He will take on Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee in the round of 16. . The 2021 world championships silver medallist, Srikanth beat Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round..
Earlier, double Olympic medalist Sindhu, who was the defending champion of the event, had lost to world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the opening round..
World No 11 doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Commonwealth women's doubles bronze medallists, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also have crashed out in their respective opening round matches..
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