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Conquering Olympic Champion Lin Dan to the Indonesia Open Super Series, The Story of Srikanth Kidambi

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Guntur's Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi just like Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal is a product of the Pullela Gopichand Academy. He first rose to fame in 2013 when he beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi to claim his first senior national title. A year later, in 2014 he grabbed international headlines when 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) and in the process became the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kidambi reached till the quarter finals.

On Sunday, he won his third Super Series title, lifting the Indonesia Open men's singles trophy with a straight-game victory over Japanese Kazumasa Sakai to win the USD 1,000,000 prize money. This is Kidambi's 8th world title who is currently ranked 22nd in the World Men's Singles Ranking. In 2015, he reached a career high ranking of 3rd. Delighted with this victory, the Badminton Association of India has announced an award of ₹5,00,000 for the player

Post this, he will be competing at the Australian which begins June 20. “The Australian Open is the last tournament before the World Championship and I am looking forward to it,” he said to PTI. Here's wishing him all the luck.

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