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The world no.11 Kidambi Srikanth won 22-20, 21-16 in a 45-minute clash against the world no.6 Chinese, Chen Long, who is also the current All England champion.

Kidambi Srikanth downs Chen Long to win Australian Open Super Series...

The triumph was a morale-boosting jinx-breaker for Srikanth, who had lost all his previous five encounters to Long.

25 Jun 2017 12:26 PM IST

Playing in his third consecutive Super Series finals, Kidambi Srikanth defeated Chen Long in the title clash of the Australian Open Super Series. (Photo: AP)

Kidambi Srikanth clinches Australian Open Super Series title

Kidambi Srikanth defeated Olympic gold medallist Chen Long 22-20, 21-16 in the final to win his 4th Super Series title.

25 Jun 2017 10:28 AM IST

Kidambi Srikanth blew away Chinas Shi Yuqi with a â€œdreamâ€ performance.

Australian Open: Kidambi Srikanth sails into final

World No. 11 sails into Australian Open final, to face Olympic champ.

25 Jun 2017 2:25 AM IST

Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Yuqi Shi 21-10, 21-14 in 27 minutes in the semifinals of the Australian Open to seal a place in the final. (Photo: AP)

3 in a row: Kidambi Srikanth storms into Australia Open Super Series...

Srikanth becomes the fifth player in the world to contest three successive Super Series finals.

24 Jun 2017 11:07 AM IST

Rio-Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu makes quater-final exit from Australian Open (Photo:AFP)

Tai Tzu Ying stuns PV Sindhu in Australian Open quarter-final

Sindhu suffered a 21- 10, 20-22, 16-21 defeat against the World No1 that lasted for one hour.

23 Jun 2017 2:51 PM IST

HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth

Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy improve their BWF ranking

Indian ace K Srikanth improved 11 places to jump to the 11th spot, while H S Prannoy improved four places to reach a...

23 Jun 2017 12:53 PM IST

Kidambi Srikanth fought hard to emerge victorious against B Sai Praneeth in the Australian Open Superseries quarterfinal. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Kidambi Srikanth brushes past B Sai Praneeth to book...

Kidambi Srikanth overcame his demons from the Singapore Open final, to defeat B Sai Praneeth 25-23, 21-17 in straight...

23 Jun 2017 12:07 PM IST

Kidambi defeated world no 1 Son Wan Ho for the second time in two weeks. (Photo: AP)

Australian Open: Srikanth beats world no 1 Son Wan Ho, enters...

Kidambi Srikanth has now set up a last-eight clash against his fellow countryman B Sai Praneeth.

22 Jun 2017 12:40 PM IST

Saina beat fourth seed Sung Ji Hyun of Korea 21-10 21-16. (Photo: BAI / Twitter)

Australian Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth advance...

It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as four others were knocked out in the first round itself.

21 Jun 2017 1:26 PM IST

Kashyap, who is trying to comeback after losing a lot of time due to a series of injuries, saw off Chinas Zhao Junpeng 21-15 21-18 in the opening round before disposing Indonesia Super Series Premier runners-up Japans Kazumasa Sakai 21-5 21-16 in the second mens singles match.(Photo: PTI)

Australian Open: Parupalli Kashyap to face World number one Son Wan Ho...

HS Prannoy got a direct entry into the main draw and he will take on England's Rajiv Ouseph.

20 Jun 2017 1:29 PM IST

On Sunday, Kidambi Srikanth came out with a spectacular performance as he defeated unseeded Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in straight games to win the mens singles title of the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament in Jakarta.(Photo: AP)

After Indonesian Open win, Kidambi Srikanth shifts focus to Australian...

This was Kidambi Srikanth's second Super Series Premier title after he won the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier.

20 Jun 2017 12:46 PM IST

Kidambi Srikanth showed great character to rally back into the match in the second game. (Photo: AP)

Kidambi Srikanth clinches maiden Indonesia Open Superseries title

Kidambi Srikanth completed a comfortable victory over Kazumasa Sakai, to notch up his first Indonesia Open title.

18 Jun 2017 1:25 PM IST