Kidambi Srikanth returns to top 10 after triumphs in Indonesia and Australia
Other Sports | June 29, 2017 18:53 ISTKidambi Srikanth is the first Indian badminton player to win consecutive Super Series titles.
Kidambi Srikanth is the first Indian badminton player to win consecutive Super Series titles.
The 24-year old who has stunned top shuttlers like Taufik Hidayat and Lee Chong Wei during his career feels he need to be more consistent and win big titles.
After winning the Indonesia Open Super Series and the Australian Open Super Series titles - Indian shuttler K Srikanth is all set to regain his place in the World top 10.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Sunday defeated reigning Olympic and world champion, Chen Long, to lift the Australian Open title - his second consecutive Super Series win.
The 24-year-old Indian defeated Olympic champion Chen Long of China in straight sets by 22-20, 21-16 to win his fourth Super Series title in Sydney.
Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth made it to his third successive Super Series final beating Yuqi Shi 21-10 21-14 at the Australian Open.
Rio Olympics Silver medallist PV Sindhu lost to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Super Series.
Kidambi Srikanth, who was in his third quarter-final in the last five tournaments that he has participated in, made it to the semi-finals with a 25-23, 21-17 win.
Kidambi Srikanth defeated World No. 1 Son Wan Ho 15-21, 21-13, 21-13 to advance to the quarter-final stage of the series.
Mixed day for Indian shuttlers as defending champion Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and B. Sai Praneeth advanced to the next round while Parupalli Kashyap, Ajay Jayaram and H.S. Prannoy bowed out from Australian Superseries tournament.
After winning two games on the trot, India's ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap will take on World No.1 Korean Son Wan Ho in the main draw of the Australian Open Super Series in Sydney.
India lost the first three matches of the tie and as a result, the last two matches of Rio Olympics Silver medallist PV Sindhu and the women's doubles match of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy were treated as dead rubbers.
Ninth seeded India had kept themselves afloat for a quarterfinal spot after shocking fifth seeded Indonesia 4-1 in a thrilling match on Tuesday.
India have managed to reach the knockout stage of the tournament only once during the 2011 edition, while in the last two editions they even failed to cross the group stage.
While Jayaram struggled with injuries and form, younger shuttlers such as K Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma made a mark in international badminton.
Khanna, a retired civil engineer, was pretty impressed with the improved fitness of B Sai Praneeth who recently won the men's singles crown in the Singapore Open Super Series.
Marin has been on a roll recently, making three straight finals in Superseries tournaments in Asia and winning her third European title.
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