Srikanth Kidambi

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Srikanth Kidambi
File:Yonex IFB 2013 - Eightfinal - Boonsak Ponsana — K. Srikanth 01.jpg
K. Srikanth at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Birth name Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi
Country  India
Born (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Residence Hyderabad, India
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Handedness right
Coach Pullela Gopichand
Men's Singles
Career record 198 (129-71) (Singles)
Career title(s) 7
Highest ranking 3[1] (4 June 2015)
Current ranking 12 [2] (5 May 2016 (69164)[2])
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's Badminton
Asia Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's Team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Men's Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Men's Team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Douglas Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Douglas Boys' Doubles
BWF profile

Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player and currently the highest ranked Indian men’s player in the international circuit with a world ranking of 12 as of May 5, 2016.[2] He won 2014 China Open Super Series Premier after beating Lin Dan by 21–19 21–17 in the final round, thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.[3] He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad and is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore.[4] He is also sponsored by Li-Ning.[5]

Early life and background

Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi was born in Guntur, Andhra pradesh on 7 February 1993. His father KVS Krishna is a landlord, and his mother Radha a house-wife.[6] Srikanth’s elder brother Nanda Gopal is also a badminton player.[7]

Career

2011

In the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in Isle of Man, Srikanth won the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in doubles.[8] He also emerged winner in the singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship held in Pune.[9]

2012

In 2012 Srikanth overcame the then Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the Maldives International Challenge to claim the Men’s singles title.[10]

2013

In the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event, Srikanth won the Men’s singles title beating then world number eight and local favorite Boonsak Ponsana in straight sets.[11] In the same year, Srikanth beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi to claim his first senior national title.[12] He was also part of the Awadhe Warriors team that finished second in the Indian Badminton League, 2013.[13]

2014

He finished runner up at the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold event in Lucknow[14] and was a quarter finalist in 2014 Malaysian Open.[15] He was part of the Indian badminton contingent that reached the semi finals of the Mixed-team event at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow.[16] He also reached the quarter finals of the Men's Singles event in the same tournament. [17] In November, he created a major upset in the final of the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier by beating 5 times World Champion and 2 times Olympic Champion Lin Dan in straight sets (21–19 21–17), thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.[3] He then reached semi finals of Hong Kong Open Super Series after beating in-form Chou Tien Chen in the early rounds. He lost to Chen Long of China in three sets in the semifinals. With those wins he was qualified for the world super series finals. He defeated Kento Momota (15–21 21–16 21–10) and Tommy Sugiarto (21–18 21–13) in the group stage to reach Semi Finals of the prestigious BWF Super Series Masters Finals where he again lost to Chen Long of China.[18]

2015

Srikanth became the first Indian male to win gold at the 2015 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold by defeating Viktor Axelsen 21-15,12-21,21-14.The same year he also won India Open Super Series title by defeating Viktor Axelsen in the finals[19]

2016

He reached the Malaysia Masters semifinals where he lost to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin in January.The very next week he clinced the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Grand Prix Gold title defeating Huang Yuxiang 21-13,14-21,21-14 after being runner up for two consecutive years.He bagged two gold medals at the 2016 South Asian Games in men's team & men's singles where he defeated Prannoy Kumar.He remained undefeated at the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championship where his team lost in the semifinals

Achievements

Individual titles (7)

S.no Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
1 2012 Maldives International Challenge Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli 13-21,21-11,21-16
2 2013 Thailand Open Thailand Boonsak Ponsana 21–16, 21–12
3 2014 China Open China Lin Dan 21–19, 21–17
4 2015 Swiss Open Denmark Viktor Axelsen 21–15, 12–21, 21–14
5 2015 India Open Denmark Viktor Axelsen 18–21, 21–13, 21–12
6 2016 Syed Modi International China Huang Yuxiang 21–13, 14–21, 21–14
7 2016 South Asian Games India Prannoy Kumar 11-21,21-14,21-6
     Super Series Premier
     Super Series
     Grand Prix Gold
     International Challenge

Individual runners-up (3)

S.no Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
1 2014 Syed Modi International China Xue Song 21–16, 19–21, 13–21
2 2015 Syed Modi International India Kashyap Parupalli 21–23, 21–23
3 2015 Indonesian Masters Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto 21–17, 13–21, 22–24
     Grand Prix Gold

Record against selected opponents

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Awards

References

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  8. ↑ Commonwealth Youth Games, 2011
  9. ↑ Junior International Championship results
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  13. ↑ IBL, 2013
  14. ↑ India Open Grand Prix, 2014
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