That turned out to be pretty easy for the two-time champion. The champion in Srikanth never turned up. It was a bland show from the Indian and a lot more was expected from him.
The 38th edition of the Asia Badminton Championships is currently underway in China. The tournament, which is taking place at the Wuhan Sports Centre Gymnasium, will pay out a total prize money of 350,000 dollars and will award the participants with valuable points for their respective BWF rankings.
Top seed Kidambi Srikanth takes on the former world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship.
Srikanth defeated Japanese Kenta Nishimoto in the first round by a score of 13-21, 21-16, 21-16. Srikanth got through to the quarterfinals with ease after his second round opponent retired midway through the first game.
Fifth seed Lee Chong Wei defeated Qiao Bin 21-17, 21-16 in the first round and then went on to beat Indonesia's Ginting in the second round by a score of 16-21, 21-9, 21-11.
Srikanth will be looking to avenge his Commonwealth Games Final defeat to Lee Chong Wei when the Malaysian beat Srikanth to claim the Gold medal.