Srikanth Storms Into Main Round at Malaysia Masters 2025

Bukit Jalil [Malaysia], May 20 (ANI): The former world No. 1 and top player India n shuttler Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the main stages of the men's singles in the current tournament Malaysia Masters The 2025 badminton competition will take place here on Tuesday.

At the Stadium Axiata Arena within KL Sports City, Kidambi Srikanth beat Chinese Taipei shuttlers Kuo Kuan-lin and Huang Yu Kai To secure a spot in the main draw, as stated by Olympics.com.

Kidambi Srikanth , ranked 65th in the men's singles badminton standings, had an easy time against the player ranked No. 64 worldwide. Kuo Kuan-lin After defeating him with scores of 21-8 and 21-13 in merely 29 minutes.

Srikanth's second qualification round proved to be somewhat tougher as he faced the player ranked World No. 86. Huang Yu Kai . The India The badminton player lost the initial game but made a comeback in the subsequent sets to secure victory with scores of 9-21, 21-12, 21-16, thus advancing to the main draw.

However, India The other two players from his category in the men's singles qualifiers also faced defeat. Tharun Mannepalli lost with scores of 21-13, 23-21 against Thailand’s PanITCHAPhon TeerARATSakul, whereas SANKAR SubRAMANIAN fought hard but ultimately succumbed to a narrow loss of 22-20, 22-20 at the hands of CHEN ZHU Xia ran from China.

In the women's singles, Anmol Kharb was eliminated in the first round of qualifying after losing with scores of 21-14, 21-18 to Hung Yi-Ting. Chinese Taipei .

In the initial round of the women's doubles, Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi were defeated with scores of 21-14, 21-18 by the eighth-seeded pair of Lin Jhih-Yun and Hsu Yin-Hui. Chinese Taipei .

Rashmi Ganesh and Sania Sikkandar were eliminated from the women's doubles in the opening round after losing 21-10, 21-12 to Thailand's Pichamon Phatcharaphisutsin and Nannapas Sukklad.

On the contrary, Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande advanced to the second round in the women's doubles by defeating their fellow countrywomen Vaishnavi Khadkekar and Alisha Khan with scores of 21-19, 19-21, 21-13.

In the men's doubles competition, Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi were eliminated in the first round following their defeat with scores of 21-13, 21-18. Chinese Taipei Chen Zhi-Ray and Lin Yu-Chieh's

Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K also exited the men's doubles competition following a loss to the fifth seeds Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun from Malaysia with scores of 21-15, 23-21.

In the mixed doubles qualification matches, Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan were defeated with scores of 21-15, 21-16 by Ming Yap Too and Yu Shan Lee from Malaysia.

Two-time Olympian medalist P.V. Sindhu and World Championships bronze medalist H.S. Prannoy will be participating in the event. Malaysia Masters on Wednesday. (ANI)

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