Srikanth, who decimated Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in a lop-sided final on Sunday at Odense, will open his campaign against England's Rajiv Ouseph, who had reached the quarterfinals at Denmark Open last week.
Saina Nehwal has made a successful comeback from injury with a World Championship bronze medal while Kidambi Srikanth has now won three Super series titles in one season.
Srikanth, who won the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier and 2015 India Open Super Series, said he would look to finish the year on a high.
World No 8 Srikanth didn't give any chances to the more experienced Lee, who looked a pale shadow of the man, who had beaten World No. 2 Son Wan Ho in the semi-finals on Saturday.
India's champion shuttler Kidambi Srikanth beats South Korea's Lee Hyun II 21-10 21-5 in the final of Denmark Open on Sunday to win his third Super Series title of the year.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will take on Korea’s Lee Hyun Il in the men's singles final in the Denmark Open Super Series on Sunday.
A 2-2 head-to-head record in career meetings meant nothing as Srikanth towered over Wong, showing better control and anticipation in the 39-minute semifinal duel.
Kidambi Srikanth showed tremendous resilience and mental fortitude to oust the reigning World No. 1 14-21, 22-20, 21-7 in a match that last 56 minutes at the Odense Sports Park.
Title-contender Sindhu failed to break the rhythm of World No 10 Chen Yufei to go down fighting 17-21 21-23 in a 43-minute opening round match on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old from Guntur had lost all his three matches at the 2015 Dubai Super Series Final and surely this is one tournament which would be in his mind as he is ranked second in the Destination Dubai Ranking.
The 24-year-old will head into Denmark Open as eighth-seed after making two quarterfinal finishes at Glasgow World Championship and Japan Open.
Prannoy was picked up by Ahmedabad Smash Masters for a whopping price of Rs 62 lakh, while, Awadhe Warriors had to shell out a huge sum of Rs 56.1 lakh to get the services of Srikanth.
Defending champions Chennai Smashers retained Olympic silver medallist and their star shuttler PV Sindhu for a whopping price of Rs 48.75 lakhs in PBL auction on Monday.
Sindhu squandered a lead of 11-9 and 18-16 in the opening game and looked completely out of sorts in the second game to bow out early.
Saina will take on reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the next round where the Indian has a 4-3 record against the Spaniard, having lost thrice in the last four meetings.
Sindhu avenged her World Championship heart-break by beating Nozomi Okuhara in a pulsating summit clash of Korea Open to claim her second super series title of the season.
Meanwhile, P V Sindhu, World Championship silver medallist remained static at 4th position in the latest BWF rankings.
Sindhu, who won her second World Championships medal in Glasgow, said the future of Indian badminton is in good hands.
Srikanth eased into the quarter-finals with yet another straight-game win over Denmark's Anders Antonsen in men's singles.
The Olympic silver medallist has previously won bronze medals at the World Championship in 2013 and 2014.
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