Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth’s gallant fight ended with a narrow three-game loss against home favourite Tommy Sugiarto in the men’s singles finals of the $120,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold bad
Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth’s gallant fight ended with a narrow three-game loss against home favourite Tommy Sugiarto in the men’s singles finals of the $120,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Malang on Sunday.
In the summit clash that went down to the wire and saw four racquets being used during the course of play, Srikanth squandered a first-game advantage and missed the title by a
whisker, losing 21-17, 13-21, 22-24 to the world no. 12 in a match that lasted close to an hour.The world no. 9 Indian, who won the Swiss Open and India Super Series early in the
season, had come into the match with a 1-2 win-loss record against Sugiarto.Srikanth showed tremendous grit, fighting back from 7-11 to grab the match point at 21-20 but he could not provide the finishing touch and settled as runner-up.
Srikanth will next play at the prestigious BWF Super Series Final at Dubai, starting on Wednesday.“I am happy with the way I played this week, especially after a difficult second half this season. I made few mistakes today in the final, lot of errors at net,” Srikanth said.“I am leaving tomorrow for Dubai. So I hope to end the season with a good performance,” he added.
