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Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth got a straight-game win over France’s Toma Junior Popov to make a great beginning to his men’s singles crusade at the season-finishing BWF World Tour Finals.
Srikanth, who had arrived at the knockout phase of the 2014 version of the year-finishing occasion, beat Popov 21-14 21-16 of every 42 minutes in his initial match of gathering B.
The women’s double pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, in any case, lost 14-21 18-21 to second-seeded Japanese mix of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in their initial group B match.
Srikanth, a previous world no.1, showed a solid game. He was ready and lithe on the court and found focuses with his attacks against the world no.33 Frenchman.
The initial game was a tight undertaking in the underlying part with the couple battling like there’s no tomorrow.
Srikanth figured out how to squeeze out a thin 11-9 lead at the break and afterward came out with five straight focuses to push forward to 16-10 and before long finished off the game.
In the subsequent game, Srikanth slacked 1-4 at first yet he before long recuperated to indeed snatch a two-point advantage at the span.
Actually like the first game, he advanced toward a solid 14-9 lead prior to moving to 19-14. A remote chance from his adversary gave Srikanth four match points and he fixed it with some eminent net play.
Srikanth will next face Thailand’s three-time junior best in the world Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
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