Badminton News: Sameer Verma knocked out; eyes on Sindhu, Srikanth at Malaysia Open

India’s Sameer Verma put up a daunting effort before going down in three games in a pulsating opening round clash against World no 2 Chinese Shi Yuqi in the USD 750,000 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, who had lost to Shi Yuqi in the semi-finals of the World Tour Finals in December last year, suffered a heart-breaking 20-22 23-21 12-21 loss in a 65-minute men’s singles