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    • Srikanth Kidambi

    Indian badminton player (born )

    Badminton player

    Srikanth Kidambi

    Kidambi at the French Super Series

    Birth&#;nameSrikanth Nammalwar Kidambi
    CountryIndia
    Born () 7 February (age&#;31)
    Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
    Height&#;m (5&#;ft 11&#;in)
    Weight73&#;kg (&#;lb)
    HandednessRight
    CoachPullela Gopichand
    Career record wins, losses
    Highest ranking1&#;(12 April )
    Current ranking40&#;(5 November )
    BWF profile

    Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February ) is an Indian badminton player.

    A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in [1] and the Arjuna award in In , he became the first Indian to reach the World Championship final in the men's singles discipline.[2]

    Early life and background

    Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi was born in Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh on 7 February to a Telugu family.

    His father, KVS Krishna, is a landlord, and his mother Radha is a house-wife.[3] His older brother K. Nandagopal is also a badminton player and junior national champion with his brother. They used to live in the same house until and then Srikanth moved to the Gopichand Academy for continuing his practice.[4]

    Career

    In the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man, Kidambi won the bronze medal in men's doubles and silver in mixed doubles.[5] He also emerged as the winner in the singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship held in Pune.[6]

    In , Kidambi overcame the then Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the Maldives International Challenge to claim the men's singles title.[7]

    In the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event, Kidambi won the men's singles title, beating then world number eight and local favorite Boonsak Ponsana in straight games.[8] In the same year, Kidambi beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi to claim his first senior national title.[9] He was also part of the Awadhe Warriors team that finished second in the Indian Badminton League, [10]

    Kidambi finished runner up at the India Open Grand Prix Gold event in Lucknow[11] and was a quarterfinalist in the Malaysian Open.[12] He was part of the Indian badminton contingent that reached the semi-finals of the mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[13] He also reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles event in the same tournament.

    [14] In November, he created a major upset in the final of the China Open Super Series Premier by beating 5-time World Champion and 2-time Olympic Champion Lin Dan in straight games (21–19, 21–17), thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier men's title.[15] He then reached the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open Super Series after beating Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen in an early round.

    He lost to Chen Long of China in three games in the semi-finals. With those wins, he was qualified for the World Superseries Finals. He defeated Kento Momota (15–21, 21–16, 21–10) and Tommy Sugiarto (21–18, 21–13) in the group stage to reach the semi-final of the prestigious BWF Super Series Masters Finals, where he lost again to Chen Long of China.[16]

    Kidambi became the first Indian man to win gold at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Viktor Axelsen 21–15, 12–21, 21– During the same year, he also won the India Open Super Series title by defeating Viktor Axelsen in the final.[17]

    Kidambi reached the semifinal in the Malaysia Masters, where he lost to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia in January.

    The following week, he won the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Grand Prix Gold title, defeating Huang Yuxiang 21–13, 14–21, 21–14 in the final. At the South Asian Games, he won two gold medals, in men's team and men's singles, defeating Prannoy Kumar in the singles final. At the Badminton Asia Team Championship, although his team lost in the semifinal, he remained undefeated.

    In the Rio Olympics, the World No. 11 Kidambi entered the Round of 16 of the men's singles by beating Lino Muñoz and Henri Hurskainen. He went on to beat World No. 5 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21–19, 21–19 to reach the quarterfinals,[18] but was defeated by Lin Dan by a score of 6–21, 21–11, and 18–

    Kidambi and Sai Praneeth created history when they became the first ever Indian pair to enter the finals of a ranking event in Badminton.

    Both hailing from Hyderabad and being coached by Pullela Gopichand, it was Sai Praneeth who prevailed 17–21, 21–17, 21–12 eventually to clinch the Singapore Super Series title.[19]

    Kidambi won the Indonesia Super Series beating Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 21–11, 21–19, thereby becoming the first ever Indian male player to do so.

    He went on to win the Australian Super Series beating China's Chen Long 22–20, 21–16 in the final, setting an Indian record for entering three consecutive Super Series Finals.[20] At the World Championships, he was defeated in the quarter-final by South Korea's Son Wan-Ho in straight games. At the next Super Series, the Denmark, he won the title defeating Lee Hyun-il of Korea 21–10, 21–5 in the final.

    Following his good run, Kidambi became the fourth player ever to win four Super Series titles in a year, after he won the French Super Series that followed, defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21–14, 21–13 in the final. In the process, he equalled the record held by Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, and Chen Long. Following the victory, he reached his career-best world ranking of 2.[21]

    Kidambi started at the India Open as the second seed.

    He was defeated in the second round by Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin who had qualified from the qualifiers.[22] He also lost in the second round at the All England Open to Chinese player Huang Yuxiang in three games.[23] At the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Kidambi was more successful, winning a gold in the mixed team event, and a silver in the singles event.[24] He achieved the world number 1 ranking for a week during this period.[25] Kidambi lost to Liew Daren 18–21,18–21 at the world championships pre-quarters.

    Kidambi had a disappointing Asian Games where in singles he lost in 1st round to Wong Wing Ki 21–23, 19–21 and in the team event after defeating Maldives 3–0 in the 1st round his team suffered a loss to Indonesia in quarterfinals.

    Kidambi represented his country at the South Asian Games in Nepal, and won the gold medal in the team event.[26]

    In , Kidambi reached the finals of World championships becoming the first Indian male badminton player to do so.

    He lost the final to Loh Kean Yew to win the silver medal.

    Kidambi was part of the Indian men's team for Thomas Cup The team went on to win the Thomas Cup by beating Indonesia 3–0 in the final, with Kidambi winning his match against Jonatan Christie.[27]

    Achievements

    World Championships

    Men's singles

    Commonwealth Games

    Men's singles

    South Asian Games

    Men's singles

    Year Venue Opponent Score Result
    Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India Prannoy Kumar11–21, 21–14, 21–6 Gold

    Commonwealth Youth Games

    Boys' doubles

    Mixed doubles

    BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

    The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March and implemented in ,[28] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

    The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super&#;, Super&#;, Super&#;, Super&#; (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super&#;[29]

    Men's singles

    BWF Superseries (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

    The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December and implemented in ,[30] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

    BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier.

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    • A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since [31] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

    Men's singles

    Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
    China OpenLin Dan21–19, 21–17 Winner
    India OpenViktor Axelsen18–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner
    Singapore OpenB.

    Sai Praneeth

    		21–17, 17–21, 12–21 Runner–up
    Indonesia OpenKazumasa Sakai21–11, 21–19 Winner
    Australian OpenChen Long22–20, 21–16 Winner
    Denmark OpenLee Hyun-il21–10, 21–5 Winner
    French OpenKenta Nishimoto21–14, 21–13 Winner
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    BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

    The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold.

    It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from to

    Men's singles

    Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
    Thailand OpenBoonsak Ponsana21–16, 21–12 Winner
    India Grand Prix GoldXue Song21–16, 19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
    Syed Modi International Parupalli Kashyap21–23, 21–23 Runner-up
    Swiss OpenViktor Axelsen21–15, 12–21, 21–14 Winner
    Indonesian MastersTommy Sugiarto21–17, 13–21, 22–24 Runner-up
    Syed Modi International Huang Yuxiang21–13, 14–21, 21–14 Winner
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    &#;BWF Grand Prix tournament

    BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

    Men's singles

    &#;BWF International Challenge tournament
    &#;BWF International Series tournament

    Record against selected opponents

    Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

    Accurate as of 6 November [32]

    Awards

    • ₹, award announced for Kidambi from BAI for Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold victory. He defeated Viktor Axelsen in the final 21–15,12–21,21–[33][34]
    • ₹, award announced for Kidambi from BAI for India Super Series victory.

      He defeated Viktor Axelsen in the final 18–21, 21–13, 21–[35]

    • ₹, award announced for Kidambi from BAI for Indonesia Super Series Premier victory. He defeated Kazumasa Sakai in the final 21–11, 21–[36]
    • ₹, award announced for Kidambi from BAI for Australian Super Series victory.

      He defeated Chen Long in the final 22–20, 21–

    • On 21 March , Kidambi received Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award from Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India.[37]

    See also

    References

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      India TV. 25 January Retrieved 26 January

    2. ^"Kidambi Srikanth clinches historic silver at BWF World Championships". The Times of India. 19 December Archived from the original on 20 December Retrieved 20 December
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      Kidambi srikanth biography of michael One of the finest badminton players in the country, Kidambi Srikanth will be in action in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. He was the first Indian to achieve the feat. Srikanth who was born in Guntur in had some early successful campaigns in his career when he won silver in mixed doubles and bronze in double at the Commonwealth Youth Games. In , he was a part of the Indian contingent that made a place in the semi-finals of the Mixed-team event in Glasgow Commonwealth Games. In , Kidambi Srikanth made a statement.

      3 October

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      "Badminton: Srikanth stuns Ajay Jayaram". The Hindu.

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      Kidambi srikanth biography of michael jackson Srikanth Kidambi born 7 February is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. In , he became the first Indian to reach the World Championship final in the men's singles discipline. Nandagopal is also a badminton player and junior national champion with his brother. They used to live in the same house until and then Srikanth moved to the Gopichand Academy for continuing his practice.

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      Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player who currently holds the highest rank among Indian players. As on April , he is at no. He beat Lin Dan by 21—19 21—17 in the final round. He won gold at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, becoming the first male badminton player to win gold in this series. He also won India Open Super Series in

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      Biography of michael jackson Srikanth Kidambi, the 12th seed, gave it his all but fell short against the high-flying Singaporean, who triumphed , in 43 minutes. The unseeded Singaporean kept his giant-killing streak going to win the global title for the first time. Srikanth Kidambi is the birth name of this Indian badminton player. Srikanth is the name of the tag. He was born in India and is of Indian descent.

      29 March Retrieved 2 April

    36. ^"Srikanth beats Sakai to win Indonesia Open Super Series Premier title – Times of India". The Times of India. 18 June Retrieved 30 October
    37. ^"Kidambi Srikanth, Somdev Devvarman receive Padma Shri awards; Padma Bhushan for Dhoni". The Times of India.

      21 March