 "Australia Superseries: Twitter reactions to Srikanth Kidambi's 'incredible' feat of making 3 successive finals")
Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated fourth seed Shi Yuqi of China to reach the Australia Open Superseries final in Sydney on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_3733755” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Kidambi Srikanth. AP[/caption] The Guntur-born player took only 37 minutes to outplay China’s top-ranked male shuttler 21-10, 21-14 and continue his dream run in Superseries events. Right from the start, the 24-year-old Indian dominated the proceedings by winning long rallies as both the shuttlers stayed away from the net early on. The Indian banked on strong returns to lead 9-6 in the first game. Srikanth continued to move ahead after the break and reached game-point when the Chinaman faltered with a net-stroke. The Indian capitalised on Yuqi’s error with a flat smash which left his opponent stranded. In the second game, Yuqi took an early lead but Srikanth caught up at 2-2 and edged ahead with an onrushing return from the mid-court. The duo engaged in some tiring rallies where both tried to surprise each other with odd shots. But it was Srikanth’s brilliant net play which helped him to move to 7-6. Srikanth was in complete control of the second game, taking a 19-13 lead at one point. He finished the match with an unplayable cross court smash to enter his third successive Superseries final. The World No 11 joined Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei, the Chinese duo of Chen Long and Lin Dan to become only the fifth player in the world to contest three successive Superseries finals. Here are some of the congratulatory tweets:
You are doing incredibly well @srikidambi. Congrats on getting into finals of #AustraliaSS. Our very best wishes to you for the crucial game
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 24, 2017
He is in beast mode @srikidambi !! All the best for one more finals 💪💪💪 🇮🇳 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) June 24, 2017
Congratulation @srikidambi ..... great win , good luck for the finals 👍 pic.twitter.com/N4WK2JV9Vx
— sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) June 24, 2017
Brilliant. More power to you @srikidambi 😊🙏 all the best for the finals. 👍 https://t.co/T9dr97m8iR
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 24, 2017
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More ShortsOur boy is on a rolllll!! @srikidambi making the top players in the world his bunnies. One more superseries final tomorrow!! #AustraliaSS https://t.co/ymNwl0zj9y
— GoSports Foundation (@GoSportsVoices) June 24, 2017
.@srikidambi reaches 3rd successive SuperSeries final with 21-10, 21-14 win over Shi Yuqi. Brilliant would be an understatement #AustraliaSS pic.twitter.com/5UDp7istnZ
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) June 24, 2017
And @srikidambi enters #AustraliaSS Final in style defeating World No.4 Shi Yuqi 21-10, 21-14. Best wishes for the final 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) June 24, 2017
Here's hoping we can nickname @srikidambi the 'Steamroller' pretty soon...👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾 https://t.co/JqUylYWAeQ
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 24, 2017
🇮🇳💪🏽🇮🇳
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) June 24, 2017
Terrific season so far for @srikidambi 👏🏽👏🏽 https://t.co/v8qyJQfLZ7
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