K Srikanth beats Olympic Champion Chen Long to clinch Australian Open Super Series
K Srikanth continued his superb form by winning the second successive Super
Series title in two weeks. The first one was last week winning the Indonesian
Super Series Premier and then today the Australian Open Super Series. Before
this tournament, he reached the Singapore Super Series tournament finals losing
to his teammate Sai Pranneth. It has been an amazing few weeks for K Srikanth
who was struggling with the injuries in last few months.
K Srikanth was in great form during the Australian Open Super Series defeating the number 1 ranked player in men's singles Son Wo Ho for the second successive time in two weeks, Sai Pranneth in the quarter-finals stage, defeated number 4 ranked player Shi Q of China in straight sets at the semi-finals stage. It is great to see K Srikanth come back into form and play to his best.
In today's match against Chen Long, the Olympic Champion Chen Long began the game on a positive note taking a 3-1 lead. After that Srikanth played attacking badminton and put pressure on Chen Long. He took a 10-6 lead but Long reduced the gap to only 1 point. At the interval, K Srikanth had an 11-9 lead. After the interval, Chen Long showed his class taking 3 points in a row to take a 12-11 lead. Both players fought for each point and Chen was leading 19-17 but Srikanth came back to take a 20-19 lead. The Indian player won the first game 22-20.
In the second game, Srikanth began on a positive note taking a 4-1 lead in the early stages of the game. The Indian then continued to play attacking badminton to take a 6-3 lead. Chen Long took 3 points in succession to level the scores at 6-6. Both players fought for each point but at the interval, Srikanth led 11-9. After the interval, K Srikanth did not allow the Olympic Champion to play his normal game and won the second game 21-16. It was the second successive win over Chen Long after his win at the Indonesian Super Series.
He also became the sixth player in badminton history to reach three successive super series finals and also the second Indian to win the Australian Open Super Series title after Saina Nehwal won it last year. It was his fourth Super Series title.
K Srikanth was in great form during the Australian Open Super Series defeating the number 1 ranked player in men's singles Son Wo Ho for the second successive time in two weeks, Sai Pranneth in the quarter-finals stage, defeated number 4 ranked player Shi Q of China in straight sets at the semi-finals stage. It is great to see K Srikanth come back into form and play to his best.
In today's match against Chen Long, the Olympic Champion Chen Long began the game on a positive note taking a 3-1 lead. After that Srikanth played attacking badminton and put pressure on Chen Long. He took a 10-6 lead but Long reduced the gap to only 1 point. At the interval, K Srikanth had an 11-9 lead. After the interval, Chen Long showed his class taking 3 points in a row to take a 12-11 lead. Both players fought for each point and Chen was leading 19-17 but Srikanth came back to take a 20-19 lead. The Indian player won the first game 22-20.
In the second game, Srikanth began on a positive note taking a 4-1 lead in the early stages of the game. The Indian then continued to play attacking badminton to take a 6-3 lead. Chen Long took 3 points in succession to level the scores at 6-6. Both players fought for each point but at the interval, Srikanth led 11-9. After the interval, K Srikanth did not allow the Olympic Champion to play his normal game and won the second game 21-16. It was the second successive win over Chen Long after his win at the Indonesian Super Series.
He also became the sixth player in badminton history to reach three successive super series finals and also the second Indian to win the Australian Open Super Series title after Saina Nehwal won it last year. It was his fourth Super Series title.
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