
Kidambi Srikanth
Kidambi Srikanth is doing well in the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament. He won three games over Toma Junior Popov of France, a highest ranking of Mains singles, and with this he confirmed the semi -finals of the tournament. He made full use of his experience in the match.
Japan player will face in the semi -finals
Kidambi Srikanth, who held the 65th rankings, defeated the world number 18 Toma Junior Popov in the quarterfinal 24-22 17-21 22-20 in an hour 14 minutes. Now former number one player Srikanth will face Tanaka in Japan in the final four. In this way, this will be the first semi -final of the World Championship and Asian Games silver medalist Indian in this year.
Srikanth will have to show a good game in the semi -finals
Japan’s Yushi Tanaka defeated Toma Junior’s brother Christo Popov 21-18 16-21 21-6 in the men’s single quarterfinal on Saturday. The second semi -final of the men’s singles will be played between Japan’s fourth seed Kodai Naroka and the second seed of China. Tanaka is running in the best rhythm and if Srikanth has to make it to the finals, he will have to perform his best.
Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Krasto lost
The mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Krasto were out after losing in the quarterfinals on Friday, leaving Srikanth the only Indian in the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament. Kapila and Krasto presented a tough challenge in the first game of China’s top seed Jiang Zen Bang and Wei or Jin. The Indian pair was seen wandering with rhythm in the match. For this reason, he lost the match. He lost 22-24, 13-21 in a 35-minute match.
(Input: PTI)
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