Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian to win #IndonesiaOpen Super Series

Jakarta: India’s top male badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has won the Indonesian Open on Sunday. He has become the first male player of India to win this title.

World’s 22nd-ranked Srikanth achieved a historic breakthrough after defeating Kajumasa Sakai of Japan in the final match played on Sunday.

Keeping in mind that Srikanth won the contest for 37 minutes by 21-11, 21-19. Srikanth had entered the final on Saturday by defeating world number one player South Korea’s Son Van Ho. At the same time, Kashimasa Sakai had made the place in the final by defeating India’s own prannoy.

Significantly, 24-year-old Srikanth appeared in full color from the start and made an edge in the game on the rival player already. He won the first game 21-11. In the second game, Sakaai came back and tried to dominate in the beginning.

At one time he was 11-6, but after that Shrikant started the attack strongly before, and then with 21-19 matches, he got a name for 1,000,000 US dollars.

Be aware that this is the second Super Series Premier title of the world’s 22nd Srikanth. Earlier, he had captured the China Open in 2014. This was the fourth Super Series final for Srikanth. In 2015, he has made his name India Open.