Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth entered the men’s singles semi-finals while the star duo of PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women’s singles quarter-finals at the $750,000 Australia Open Superseries badminton tournament on Friday. [caption id=“attachment_3708359” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
File image of India’s Srikanth Kidambi. AP[/caption] Continuing his fine run, recently-crowned Indonesia Open champion Srikanth defeated fellow Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth in the men’s singles quarter-finals. Srikanth, who was in his third quarter-finals in the last five tournaments that he has participated in, made it to the semi-finals with a 25-23, 21-17 win in a match that lasted for 43 minutes. Elsewhere, China’s Shi Yuqi defeated defending champion Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in straight games and set up an exciting semi-final clash with Srikanth on Friday.
Highlights Australia Superseries, badminton scores and updates: Kidambi Srikanth to face Chen Long in the final
Catch the live scores and updates from the penultimate day of 2017 Australian Open Superseries badminton tournament as Srikanth Kidambi takes on China’s Shi Yuqi while Tai Tzu Ying faces a tough challenge.
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And that brings us to the end of Day 5 that saw the toast of the nation, Kidambi Srikanth, breeze past fourth seeded Shi Yuqi and book his place in the final of Australia Superseries.
His third Superseries final in a row.
Srikanth will now face Olympic Gold medallist Chen Long who prevailed over Koreas Lee Hyun Il in a closely fought semi-final.
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Other Results:
In the Men’s singles, Chen Long beat Lee Hyun Il 26-24 15-21 21-17, to meet Kidambi Srikanth in the final.
In the Womens’s doubles, Denmark’s Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen beat the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-16 22-20 21-18 to reach the final.
The Danish pair will meet the top seeded Japanese pair of Misaki Matsutumo and Ayaka Takahashi who breezed past the fourth seeded Chinese pair of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan 21-17 21-11
Nozomi Okuhara beats Sun Yu 21-18 18-21 21-14 to reach the finals of the Australia Superseries
Nozomi Okuhara Vs Sun Yu
Okuhara downs Sun Yu in the decider 21-14 to reach the finals of the Australia Superseries
Akane Yamaguchi beat Tai Tzu Ying 21-19 21-12 to reach her first Australia Superseries final
Kidambi Srikanth trounces Shi Yuqi: 21-10, 21-14
What a resounding win this is for the man who is finally back to his best after recovering from a lengthy injury. Dominated the net shots, attacking drives from the mid-court and tiring rallies to send fourth seed Shi Yuqi packing in just 37 minutes. With this win, Srikanth enters his third successive Superseries final.
He is in sublime form!
Kidambi Srikanth seals opening game: 21-10
India’s Srikanth ran away with the lead after the mid-game interval to claim the first game in just 15 minutes. Dominated the net shots and often smashed a few shots to unsettle fourth seed Shi Yuqi.