Kidambi Srikanth image file.© AFP
The former Indian transferor of the world, Kidambi Srikanth, entered the second round of the Masters BWF Super 300 event from Thailand with a straight game victory over his opponent here on Wednesday. Srikanth defeated Danii Dubovenko of Israel 21-13 21-18 in the male singles opening round. This is Srkanth’s second consecutive victory over Dubovevenko, after having previously defeated him at the Macao 2024 Open in September 2024. Srikanth will face Jason Gunawan by Hong Kong.
Among other Indians in the male singles, S Sankar Muteamy Subramanian defeated the June 15-21 of Malaysia 15-21 21-15 21-19 in a hard three games contest. Then he will face the boy Aura Dwi Wardayo of Indonesia.
Ayush Shetty was shown the door by Jing Hong Kok of Malaysia 15-21 17-21, while Mithun Manjunath lost to another Malaysian in Sholeh Aidil 14-21 13-21 in male singles.
Srikanth was dominant from the beginning, running to a 6-0 advantage in the first game and his opponent fought, giving the Indian a 1-0 advantage.
Srikanth continued in the same line and also ran out of the blocks in the second game, but the Israeli ferry launched a better fight this time.
Srikanth led 11-7 in the interval of the second game and maintained his impulse to close the match to 21-18.
In mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor’s couple and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde defeated Weraphat Phakjarung and Sararat Chueboca 21-8 21-16 from Thailand to advance to the second round.
Then they will play another Thai duo of Ratchapol Makkasasithorn Aand NatureTamon Laisuan. In the male doubles, Ruben Kumar and Hariharan defeated Pannawat Jamtubtim from Thailand and Ratchapol Makkasasithorn 21-18 21-12.
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