Srikanth, on the comeback trail after a challenging injury phase, sealed a straight-game victory 21-18, 21-9 in a commanding display of experience and resilience, wrapping up the victory in just 43 minutes.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated his compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat and marched into the second round of the Canada Open 2025 badminton tournament in Ontario on Wednesday.
Indian shuttler Ira Sharma managed to qualify for the women's singles main draw of the Canada Open 2025 badminton tournament after winning her qualifier match at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Calgary on Tuesday.
As per a press note from Badminton Association of India (BAI), the pair lost 22-20, 21-13 to Hong Kong's fifth-seeded Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet on Friday.
India's women's doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced into the second round of the ongoing Swiss Open 2025 badminton tournament in Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday.
Top seed Priyanshu Rajawat was made to sweat by compatriot Arya Bhivpathki in men's singles second round while the young Tanvi Sharma packed off seventh seed Tanya Hemanth to advance to the women's singles pre-quarters in Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
The world number 32 mixed doubles pair took just over an hour to remove American duo of Presley Smith and Jennie Gai, 145th in the world badminton rankings, 23-21, 17-21, 21-17
Rajawat, a part of India's historic Thomas Cup winning team back in 2022, succumbed to Japan's Takuma Obayashi 9-21, 21-16, 9-21. On the other hand, Kiran lost to Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang 16-21, 16-21 in two straight games, as per Olympics.com.
World No. 39 Priyanshu Rajawat served further notice of his abilities at the YONEX Canada Open 2024 when he beat world No. 4 Anders Antonsen in the quarterfinals.