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Telugu Champ wins another Title

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   25 Jun 2017 8:20 AM GMT
Telugu Champ wins another Title
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Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bagged his second successive Super Series title. Yes, This Telugu Guy won the prestigious Australian Open Super Series title by defeating Olympic Champion Chen Long in straight sets.

Kidambi Srikanth (World No.11) won final against Chen Long (World No.6) in two successive sets (22-20, 21-16) which lasted for 45 minutes. He didn't let the momentum shift though the Chinese player tried his best to dominate. While the first game was won 23 minutes, Second game ended in 22 minutes.

Actually, Srikanth is only the 5th Player in the World to be in three Successive Super Series finals. Earlier, He had been to Singapore and Indonesia Super Series finals.

PM Narendra Modi congratulated Kidambi Srikanth for making the nation proud by winning Australian Open during his Mann-Ki-Baat.