Great observation. He was caught off guard doing that several times in recent contests with LCW where LCW would pounce on those half backhand smashes or drops, waiting for them. One time CL's coach was seen gesturing to CL to clear them in a match with LCW and Morten Frost also talked about it right that moment.
Tall order for Srikanth now. I think he has a lot of things to take from this game and come back stronger next time. In the short term even a layman can see that at this level there is no excuse for the number of unforced errors that SK commits. He can get away doing that against CTC, WN et al but against the Top 3 it will not work.
KS is in the same situation Sania Nehwal was few years back when she beat few chinese players, and people start to study her game and she lost the edge. How KS & his team react/improve his game over the course of the years will be vital for KS to stay in the loop
