Srikanth does a hat trick, reaches the final of Australia Super Series

June 24, 2017 10:05 am | Updated 11:40 am IST - Sydney

Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth’s dream season just got better as the India made it to his third successive Super Series final beating Yuqi Shi 21-10 21-14 at the Australian Open on Saturday.

 

Srikanth won the match in merely 27 minutes. He had previously reached the final of the Singapore Open and Indonesia Open. He was runner-up at Singapore while he won at Indonesia.

His previous best was a semi-final appearance in 2016.

Srikanth got better of qualifier Kan Chao Yu followed by World no. 1 Son Wan Ho and Praneeth respectively. He will face the winner of the match between China’s Chen Long and Korea’s Lee Hyun Il in the final on Sunday.

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