Singapore Open / Indonesia Open/ Australian Open Super Series 2017

[prashanthm]

Wonderful back to back wins for Prannoy!
Also, good to see Sri back...

[Sin Hombre]

Srikanth is certainly back in form with a second SSP run in a row.

Hope we can see something similar soon

August 2015
Srikanth Kidambi No.3
Kashyap Parupalli No.8
HS Prannoy No.12

[sameerph]

Prannoy won the first game 21-17 but has just lost a marathon second game 26-28. He missed 5 match points in that second game. Perhaps, nerves getting to him. Hope he does not let it affect him in third game.

[sameerph]

And he lost a close third game. Sad missing out 5 matchpoints.

[SF] H.S. Prannoy (IND,25) l. Kazumasa SAKAI (JPN,47) 21-17 26-28 18-21

[jaydeep]

Srikanth scored a huge upset win over current Korean WR #1 Wan Ho Son after saving 1 match point in 72 mins ... Srikanth started confidently and took early control for winning the first game comfortably ... In the second game also Srikanth was in control till 13-9 but after than Son raised his game and took advantage of some errors from Srikanth ... Son won it losing only 1 more point ... In the final game, both players were matching others game and were neck to neck ... Son had a match point at 19-20, but Srikanth saved that and then he had a couple of match points which Son saved ... Srikanth converted a third match point and book the final against Japanese Kazumasa Sakai.

At $1M BCA Indonesia Open 2017, Jakarta (Superseries Premier)

[SF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,22) bt (2) Wan Ho Son (KOR,1) 21-15 14-21 24-22

[F] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,22) vs Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,47)

[Saniapower]

I saw the 3rd game. Srikanth played really well, never looked out of the game. His retrieving ability is quite good. He smashed a few into the net but his smashes also fetched him lot of points. A thoroughly professional approach from Srikanth. 1st time saw him played so good, very few mistakes, favorite for the title now.

[jaydeep]

Srikanth clinched his third Super Series title, winning the Indonesia Open men's singles trophy with a straight-game victory over Japanese qualifier Kazumasa Sakai in the final ... He completed the win in just 37 minutes to take home a big cheque of $75,000.

In this match, Srikanth played a patient game, he was good near the net and kept his nerve when he falls behind ... In the first game, Srikanth took a small lead at 6-4 and then 11-8 but after the interval, he dominated the proceeding for winning it comfortably ... In the second game, Sakai started aggressively as he was controlling the rallies and showed better net game ... He took 3-7 and 6-11 lead, but after the interval, Srikanth showed his aggressive game and caught him at 13-all ... After that, both players were neck to neck but from 19-all Srikanth completed the win with two superb smashes.

At $1M BCA Indonesia Open 2017, Jakarta (Superseries Premier)

Men's Singles Final
Kidambi Srikanth (IND,22) bt Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,47) 21-12 21-19

[sameerph]

Yes, superb win by Srikanth and he is well and truly back with a super series premier title and a super series final so far this year.

[kaustav]

So Indian Mens Badminton is creating havoc now..Back to back SS titles at Singapore and Indonesia...Australian Super Series is next week...

[arjun2761]

Awesome win by Srikanth who seems back to his best form! Prannoy and Sai Praneeth are also playing well, so we should have some top-10 men soon...

[Sin Hombre]

Srikanth joins Saina in having won 2 of the 3 most major tournaments on the regular calendar. (Olympics and WCH are of course still more prestigious).

Now if only, this is his base level going forward.

Getting Taufik's old coach has been great for men's singles.

[Saniapower]

Richer by $80,000

[sameerph]

This week all the top Indian players are playing in Australian open Super Series and great start in the qualies as 3 Indians qualified for main draw and Purupalli Kashyap beat 2 top 50 player including last week's Indonesian open super series runner up.

[Q1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,69) d. Zhao Junpeng (CHN,40) 21-15 21-18
[Q1] Shreyansh Jaiswal (IND,112) d. Pit Seng Low (AUS,187) 21-14 21-11
[Q1] Siril Verma (IND,93) d. Yehezkiel Fritz Mainaky (INA,328) 21-9 21-9
[Q1] Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND,73) d. Sylvina Kurniawan (AUS,645) 21-15 21-15

[Q2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,69) d. Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,47) 21-5 21-16
[Q2] Siril Verma (IND,93) d. Shreyansh Jaiswal (IND,112) 21-16 21-14
[Q2] Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND,73) d. Ruwindi Serasinghe (AUS,283) 21-9 21-7

[sameerph]

And these are first round match-ups -

[R1] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,69) vs (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,1)
[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,22) vs Chao Yu Kan (TPE,636)
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,14) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,26)
[R1] (Q) Siril Verma (IND,93) vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (DEN,29)
[R1] H.S. Prannoy (IND,25) vs Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,30)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,13) vs (7) Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG,6)
[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Sayaka Sato (JPN,17)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,15) vs (4) Sung Ji Hyun (KOR,5)
[R1] (Q) Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND,73) vs Chen Xiaoxin (CHN,33)

[R1] Francis Alwin (IND)/ Kona Tarun (IND) vs Hendra Setiawan (INA)/ Boon Heong Tan (MAS)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Law Cheuk Him (HKG)/ Lee Chun Hei Reginald (HKG)
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs (3) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN)
[R1] N. Sikki Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen (AUS)/ Jennifer Tam (AUS)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Lee Chun Hei Reginald (HKG)/ Chau Hoi Wah (HKG)

[arjun2761]

Decent start by Indians so far.

[R1] (Q) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,69) vs (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,1) 18-21
[R1] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,22) d Chao Yu Kan (TPE,636) 21-13, 21-16
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,14) d Tommy Sugiarto (INA,26) 10-21, 21-12, 21-10
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,13) vs (7) Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG,6) 21-14, 10-21, 9-21