The high stakes contest lasted just 26 minutes wherein Srikanth was no match to world number four Shi Feng, who clinched the first-ever BWF World Tour title.
Srikanth will be playing his first individual final on Sunday, after three years. Back in 2021, he reached the final of the 2021 BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain.
Both Indian players previously faced each other only once with Shetty standing tall against the veteran.
The 17-year-old Endrick got the big goal off the substitute’s bench, which was a simple finish from close range past the England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
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Kidambi Srikanth is set to play Lin Chu Yi of Chinese Taipei in the semi-final of the Swiss Open Super 300.
Srikanth is set to lock horns with Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus in the round of 16.
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The Indian men’s trio of Sen, Srikanth and Manjunath will now play the winner of quarterfinal fixture between Indonesia and Korea.
While Lakshya Sen will face Hyeok Jin Jeon of Korea in Round 2, HS Prannoy will next face Chico Aura of Indonesia on August 22.
In the men’s singles category, sixth seed HS Prannoy will lock horns with Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the quarter-final clash, whereas Kidambi Srikanth will clash against compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat.
Srikanth will take on the winner of the match between Priyanshu Rajawat & Wang Tzu Wei.
Kashyap will now face fifth-seed compatriot Sindhu in the second round on Thursday, whereas Srikanth will next face Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang in the second-round match.
Prannoy registered 19-21, 21-9 and 21-9 victory to reach the quarterfinal of the event.
Kidambi Srikanth also has a tough matchup against Taiwanese Chou Tien Chen in the first round itself.
However, India’s former World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth bowed out in the Quarterfinal against China’s Li Shi Feng.
Srikanth is currently ranked world number 22, and with his latest win in the tournament over world number 13 Lu, he stands 5-0 in his head-to-head record against the Chinese shuttler.
Apart from Saina Nehwal, Tim Cook also interacted with Srikanth Kidambi, Chirag Shetty, Parupalli Kashyap, and coach Pullela Gopichand about the sport of badminton and Apple Watch.
The second game was no different for the two shuttlers as the Indian dominated in the early parts of the game and went into halftime with a lead of four points.
The Badminton superstars Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth were impressive with their performances to reach the semi-finals of men’s singles in the showpiece event. In particular, Sen was dismissive of his opponent to register a smashing victory.
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Srikanth beat his Pakistani counterpart Murad Ali by 21-7, 21-12 in Men’s singles event.
Sindhu looked in complete control as she prevailed 21-15, 21-11 over Belgium world No. 36 Lianne Tan to set up a clash with Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen.
Notably, this was Prannoy’s first-ever win against Sen out of their three head-to-head meetings so far.
While Lakshya Sen brought bal mithai for the PM, Kidambi Srikanth gifted Narendra Modi his racquet.
India beat Indonesia 3-0 with Kidambi Srikanth helping take the team across the finish line with a victory over Jonatan Christie in the final.
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Jonatan Christie in two games as India clean sweep Indonesia 3-0 to lift the Thomas Cup.
In the second clash, the women’s double pair of Shruti Mishra and Simran Singh was outplayed by Lee-So-hee and Shin Seung-chan 13-21,12-21 in a 39-minute match.
Sindhu went down to the second seed An Seyoung, Srikanth lost to the third seed Indonesian Jonatan Christie.
P.V Sindhu defeated compatriot Sri Krishna Priya 21-5, 21-16 in the 1st round of the India Open, while Srikanth dominated Siril Verma.
Later at the medal’s ceremony, certainly Singapore’s flag fluttered high but it was no less than a proud moment for India as Srikanth was handed the silver medal.
He would definitely be high on confidence after a comeback from behind victory in the semifinals but it won’t be that easy either since he will not only fight an opponent but also the pressure of the grand occasion.
In what was a huge turning point in the context of the eventual result, when the score was tied at 15-15 in the final game, the two shuttlers engrossed in a brilliant rally before eventually, Srikanth managed to win it with a beautiful shot.
The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs had earlier extended the last date for submission of names to July 5 from the previous deadline of June 28.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has formally announced that the last date for qualifying will be June 15 but there are no more qualifying events before that deadline.
PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles team of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have secured their Olympics berth owing to their superior rankings
Sindhu will now face first-seeded Carolina Marin in the final of the tournament on Sunday.