B.Sai Praneeth won the Singapore Open Super Series. In the final, he beat Kidambi Srikanth 17-21, 21-17, 21-12. India’s two top badminton players, Srikanth and Sai Praneeth, made it to the singles finals of Singapore Open. Both 24-year-old shuttlers had reached the final of the Super Series Tournament for the first time. Sai Praneeth had defeated Kidambi Srikanth 4 times earlier and in one he had won the Srikanth.
Praneeth paused in 54 minutes
The final match lasted 54 minutes. First game Shrikant won in 19 minutes Praneeth returned with a second game in 19 minutes. While deciding the game he took his name in 16 minutes. This was the first time that two Indian men in the finals of a Super Series tournament were face-to-face in the men’s singles finals. After China, Indonesia, Denmark, India is the fourth country, whose players reached the finals of a Super Series tournament.
The journey of the two Indians to the final
World No. 29, Srikanth had beaten Anthony Sinisuka Ginning of Indonesia 26th in the first semi-final match 21-13, 21-14 in a one-sided match.
In the second semifinal, the number 35 ranked number one in the world was challenged by Le Dong Kayun of Korea in the 35th position. Praneeth beat Lee 21-6, 21-8 in a very easy match.
