Sports Desk, Amar Ujala, Spain
published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated by Sun, 19 December 2021 12:57 AM IST
Summary
Kidambi Srikanth has become the first Indian male player to reach the final of the BFW World Championship. He made it to the finals after defeating Lakshya Sen in the semi-finals.
Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth
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India’s star badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has become the first Indian male player to make it to the final of the BFW World Championships. He is the third Indian player, who will play the final of this tournament. Prior to him, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have played the final of this tournament. Srikanth defeated Lakshya Sen of India in the semi-final match. In this match, Srikanth lost the first set, but after returning, he won the remaining two sets and made it to the final match. Now it has been decided for Srikanth to win at least a silver medal.
In the beginning of this match both the players were running on equal footing, but later Lakshya took the lead and won the first game 21-17. Srikanth then made a comeback in the second set to register a 21-14 win. In the third set as well, both the players were tied in the beginning but later Srikanth showed a great game to win the set 21-17 and made it to the final.
and he did it@srikidambi Became the first male shuttler to enter the final #worldch championship After defeating compatriots kshalakshya_sen In a thrilling all India semi-final
well done you both#BWFWorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#badminton pic.twitter.com/s9gHc0SwpE
— Bai Media (@BAI_Media) December 18, 2021
Lakshya and Srikanth reached the semi-finals for the first time
After Srikanth, both Lakshya had reached the semi-finals of this tournament for the first time. Lakshya is the fourth Indian male player to achieve this feat. Earlier, Prakash Padukone did this in 1983, B Sai Praneeth in 2019 and Srikanth in the same year. With this, Lakshya has also become the youngest male player to win a medal at the BWF World Championships. With two medals, India has a total of 12 medals in this tournament. Apart from Prakash, Sai Praneeth, Srikanth and Lakshya, PV Sindhu has won five medals. At the same time, Saina Nehwal has two medals to her name. The pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the bronze medal in 2011.
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