Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth began his males’s singles marketing campaign on a stellar begin with a straight video games win over France’s Toma Junior Popov on the BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday.
Srikanth, who reached the knockout stage of the 2014 version on the finish of the yr, defeated Popov 21-14, 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of Group B.
Women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, nonetheless, misplaced 14-21, 18-21 to second seeded Japanese pair of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of their first Group B match.
Former world primary Srikanth displayed a compact recreation. He was alert and nimble on the court docket and located factors along with his strikes in opposition to the world quantity 33 Frenchman.
There was a tricky combat between the 2 within the opening recreation and there was a tricky combat between the 2.
Srikanth managed to take a slim lead of 11-9 on the break after which went on to steer 16-10 with 5 straight factors to shut the sport quickly after.
In the second recreation, Srikanth went down 1-4 initially, however he quickly recovered to as soon as once more take a two-point benefit on the interval.
As within the first recreation, they took a wholesome 14-9 lead earlier than going 19-14. An extended shot from his opponent gave Srikanth 4 match factors and he sealed it with some good web play.
Srikanth will subsequent tackle three-time junior world champion Kunlavut Vitidsern of Thailand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
