Denmark Open / French Open 2017 World Superseries

[prasen9]

Wins are wins. Glad they pulled it through.

[jaydeep]

In the quarters, Prannoy is facing WR #2 Korean Wan Ho Son and Srikanth is facing new WR #1 Viktor Axelsen ... Saina is facing Japanese top player, Akane Yamaguchi.

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) vs (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2)
[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (2) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,1)

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5)

[Sin Hombre]

All tough matches for our lot.

Axelsen has won the last 3 in straights after losing the first 2 in 3 sets in 2015 when Srikanth was considered the better talent.

[jaydeep]

Akane handed a one-sided loss to Saina in 29 mins ... Saina failed to challenge her in this match.
Prannoy also lost in the straight games against Son.

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[QF] Prannoy H.S. (IND,14) l (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,2) 13-21 18-21
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,5) 10-21 13-21

[jaydeep]

Srikanth scored comeback upset win over newly crowned WR #1 Axelsen ... Axelsen won the first game easily ... In the second game, both players were neck to neck, Axelsen was up 17-19 but Srikanth won next 3 points for 20-19 and converted 2nd game point for winning this game ... In the decider, from 6-4 Srikanth won next 12 points to lead 18-4 to win this game comfortably.

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[QF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt (2) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,1) 14-21 22-20 21-7

[arjun2761]

Really nice win by Srikanth! Now, he has a pretty good chance to go all the way....

[jaydeep]

Next, he is facing Wing Ki Vincent Wong for the place in the final.

At $750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15)

[Prem]

$750K DANISA Denmark Open 2017, Odense, Denmark (World Superseries Premier)

[SF] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,15) 21-18, 21-17

for the finals against Korean Lee Hyun Il

[sameerph]

4th super series final of the year for Srikanth and he has won 2 of the 3 finals that he has reached this year, only losing Singapore open fiinal against Sai Praneeth.

Hope he wins his third title of the year against veteran 37 year old Korean Lee Hyun Il.

[prasen9]

Wishing ill for Il. Hope that is not too ev-il.

[Saniapower]

Kidambi Srikanth is world class.

[Sin Hombre]

The next time KS loses early, saniapower will call him a scrub who should only play GPG level tournaments.

[arjun2761]

Good luck to Srikanth in the final!

I think he will move into the top 5 with this result. He has also played among the fewest number of tournaments among the top 20, so he probably is currently under ranked. That is, he is likely among the top 2-3 in the world based on this performance.

[Saniapower]

The next time KS loses early, saniapower will call him a scrub who should only play GPG level tournaments.

Nope, I can see the class.

[sameerph]

This is a nice preview of today's final -

Denmark Open Super Series: Young Kidambi Srikanth up against old master Lee Hyun-il