HYDERABAD: Kidambi Srikanth was at his fluent perfect as he claimed top honours within the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in Odense on Sunday. The Indian dished out a flawless performance in his 21-10, 21-Five win against Korean veteran Lee Hyun Il in what became out to be a one-sided ultimate.
With this win, Srikanth clinched his third Super Series name in 2017. He is handiest the sixth participant in badminton history to achieve 4 males's singles Super Series finals. He is also the second one Indian after Saina Nehwal to win three Super Series titles in a year.
Earlier this year, the Hyderabadi had gained the Indonesia Super Series Premier and the Australia Open Super Series. Srikanth took house a prize money of Rs 36.61 lakh for his effort in Odense.
Delighted together with his victory Srikanth stated that he did not be expecting such an easy ultimate. "Very happy to win another title. It's a good game I think he must have been tired after yesterday's long match. I am really happy with the way I have played today and I thank everyone for supporting me so much here. It has been a fantastic week for me. I am looking forward to coming back here and defend the title," stated Srikanth adding that he was nonetheless cautious even after profitable the first game very simply.
"I expected the match to be a much better one. I know he has the experience of coming back after losing the first game. That's why after winning the first game I still wanted to maintain the tempo in the second game. I played well, my attacking was going perfectly, I am really happy with the way that it went on," he added.
Srikanth will now commute to Paris for the French Open Super Series which starts on Tuesday. But the Indian, who gained back-to-back titles in two consecutive weeks, stated that it'll no longer be easy for him to copy the performance in Paris. "I am not really thinking of winning in Paris now. It's really tough after winning a title, following tournaments are very tough. I really want to start off well, win the first round match first. That's more important for me now," Srikanth stated.
"It may have seemed easy, but Lee is a very tricky opponent and has a great reputation for coming back. It is to the credit of Srikanth that he used the weaknesses in his opponent and did not get complacent and kept his focus on winning points" coach Pullela Gopichand told TOI after the fit. "At end of game 1, I told him: He can come back, so put your head down and finish him. Take no prisoners."
The 24-year-old, who shot into limelight after shocking the legendary Lin Dan for the China Open name in 2014, lost a very powerful months of his profession because of nagging injuries.
After a string of early round losses Srikanth strike shape via achieving the Singapore Open ultimate in April prior to two titles in June.
The 37-year-old Korean proved no fit for the rampaging Indian. The lopsided contest resembled a first round contest between a top seed and a qualifier. Srikanth infrequently broke any sweat as he thrashed the Korean in simply 25 mins.
Lee, who beat world No. 2 Won Han Son in a one hour 32-minute come upon on Saturday, ran out of gasoline within the ultimate. Moving closely on court, the veteran infrequently attempted to be within the contest.
Within 5 mins Srikanth secured a four-point lead at Nine-Five within the first game. Hitting the traces constantly and troubling the Korean on the net, Srikanth got easy issues.
In the second one game Srikanth went into the smash with a 10-point lead at 11-1. He lost that one level via his personal mistake when he served the commute into the online. Thereafter, he eased to victory with a huge margin.
In a nail-biting women's singles ultimate Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand dethroned Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 14-21, 21-15, 21-19. The former world champion ended her 18-month name drought with this hard-fought victory. Ratchanok was trailing 16-19 within the decider prior to she came up with 5 immediately issues to stun Yamaguchi.
Results (All finals):
Men's singles: K Srikanth (Ind) bt Lee Hyun Il (Korea) 21-10, 21-Five.
Women's singles: Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) bt Four-Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) 14-21, 21-15, 21-19.
Women's doubles: Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan (Kor) bt 6-Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto (Jpn) 21-13, 21-16.
Mixed doubles: Eight-Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) bt 1-Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen 24-22, 19-21, 23-21.
With this win, Srikanth clinched his third Super Series name in 2017. He is handiest the sixth participant in badminton history to achieve 4 males's singles Super Series finals. He is also the second one Indian after Saina Nehwal to win three Super Series titles in a year.
Earlier this year, the Hyderabadi had gained the Indonesia Super Series Premier and the Australia Open Super Series. Srikanth took house a prize money of Rs 36.61 lakh for his effort in Odense.
Delighted together with his victory Srikanth stated that he did not be expecting such an easy ultimate. "Very happy to win another title. It's a good game I think he must have been tired after yesterday's long match. I am really happy with the way I have played today and I thank everyone for supporting me so much here. It has been a fantastic week for me. I am looking forward to coming back here and defend the title," stated Srikanth adding that he was nonetheless cautious even after profitable the first game very simply.
"I expected the match to be a much better one. I know he has the experience of coming back after losing the first game. That's why after winning the first game I still wanted to maintain the tempo in the second game. I played well, my attacking was going perfectly, I am really happy with the way that it went on," he added.
Srikanth will now commute to Paris for the French Open Super Series which starts on Tuesday. But the Indian, who gained back-to-back titles in two consecutive weeks, stated that it'll no longer be easy for him to copy the performance in Paris. "I am not really thinking of winning in Paris now. It's really tough after winning a title, following tournaments are very tough. I really want to start off well, win the first round match first. That's more important for me now," Srikanth stated.
"It may have seemed easy, but Lee is a very tricky opponent and has a great reputation for coming back. It is to the credit of Srikanth that he used the weaknesses in his opponent and did not get complacent and kept his focus on winning points" coach Pullela Gopichand told TOI after the fit. "At end of game 1, I told him: He can come back, so put your head down and finish him. Take no prisoners."
The 24-year-old, who shot into limelight after shocking the legendary Lin Dan for the China Open name in 2014, lost a very powerful months of his profession because of nagging injuries.
After a string of early round losses Srikanth strike shape via achieving the Singapore Open ultimate in April prior to two titles in June.
The 37-year-old Korean proved no fit for the rampaging Indian. The lopsided contest resembled a first round contest between a top seed and a qualifier. Srikanth infrequently broke any sweat as he thrashed the Korean in simply 25 mins.
Lee, who beat world No. 2 Won Han Son in a one hour 32-minute come upon on Saturday, ran out of gasoline within the ultimate. Moving closely on court, the veteran infrequently attempted to be within the contest.
Within 5 mins Srikanth secured a four-point lead at Nine-Five within the first game. Hitting the traces constantly and troubling the Korean on the net, Srikanth got easy issues.
In the second one game Srikanth went into the smash with a 10-point lead at 11-1. He lost that one level via his personal mistake when he served the commute into the online. Thereafter, he eased to victory with a huge margin.
In a nail-biting women's singles ultimate Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand dethroned Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 14-21, 21-15, 21-19. The former world champion ended her 18-month name drought with this hard-fought victory. Ratchanok was trailing 16-19 within the decider prior to she came up with 5 immediately issues to stun Yamaguchi.
Results (All finals):
Men's singles: K Srikanth (Ind) bt Lee Hyun Il (Korea) 21-10, 21-Five.
Women's singles: Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) bt Four-Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) 14-21, 21-15, 21-19.
Women's doubles: Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan (Kor) bt 6-Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto (Jpn) 21-13, 21-16.
Mixed doubles: Eight-Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) bt 1-Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen 24-22, 19-21, 23-21.
Denmark Open: Srikanth beats Lee to win third Super Series Premier title
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