Kiran George's Korea Masters run ends in semifinals with loss to Kunlavut

Iksan City (Korea): Indian shuttler Kiran George's impressive run at the Korea Masters came to an end with a semifinal loss to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men's singles competition here on Saturday.

The 24-year-old, ranked 41st in the world, went down 12-21 20-22 to the top-seeded



and world number five Vitidsarn in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.

George, who trains at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), had earlier registered a fine win over fifth seed Takuma Obayashi of Japan in the quarterfinals.