Malaysia Masters 2025: Kidambi Srikanth Creates History

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The 32-year-old Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth reached the finals of the Super 500 Malaysia Masters event played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 24th May 2025.

Kidambi Srikanth and Yushi Tanaka were unseeded in this tournament. The first game began with Tanaka keeping the pressure on Srikanth with lovely smashes taking 4-1 lead initially. The Indian made a strong comeback showing glimpses of his old best with lovely attacking shots. At the mid-game break, Tanaka had a 11-8 lead.

After the break, Srikanth showed great defensive skills and also played aggressive badminton to reduce the lead and then level the scores at 14-14. The match ebbed and flowed before Srikanth won the first game comfortably by 21-18.

Tanaka began the second game on a positive note taking 4-0 lead. Kidambi Srikanth looked in deep trouble trailing with scoreline 3-9. It was an amazing performance by the Indian putting pressure on the Japanese taking six successive points to level the scores at 9-9. It was a closely fought affair with Srikanth taking a slender 11-10 at the break.

After the break, Srikanth continued to maintain the lead before Tanaka showed great spirit to level the scores at 17-17. The match ebbed and flowed with both players taking alternate points. Tanaka was not giving up before Srikanth won the second game with scoreline of 24-22 to enter into the finals of Super 500 event.

Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian shuttler to reach the finals of BWF events in 2025. This is an historic moment as he reached summit clash after a gap of 6 years.

He made it into the main draw from the qualifying round. Srikanth will face the winner of Li Shifeng or Kodai Naraoka of Japan. It was an amazing performance by star Indian shuttler.

Scoreline of Kidambi Srikanth vs Yushi Tanaka Semi-finals

Kidambi Srikanth defeated Yushi Tanaka (Men’s Singles)- 21-18, 24-22.

 


 





Kidambi Srikanth beat Yushi Tanaka in the semi-finals of Super 500 Malaysia Masters 2025. 

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