Should have started and finished off our games better: Srikanth

Kidambi Srikanth vs France. Pic/Badminton

India went down 0-3 to France in the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup, settling for a bronze medal here on Saturday. Ayush Shetty, who played the opening singles game due to Lakshya Sen's injury, went down 11-21, 9-21 to Christo Popov.

Kidambi Srikanth lost the second singles match to Alex Lanier 16-21, 18-21, before HS Prannoy succumbed to a 19-21, 16-21 defeat against Toma Junior Popov in the third match.

Srikanth reckoned they did not play too badly overall, but felt they were slow to get off the blocks and should have done better towards the end of games too. "I think we played alright for the most part. Just the few points at the start and the end, we could have done better there," said Srikanth.

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