Kidambi Srikanth assured of medal at badminton World Championships, storms into semi-finals

Kidambi Srikanth on Friday became the third Indian to win a medal in the badminton World Championships as he stormed past Netherlands’ Mark Caljouw to reach the semi-finals in Huelva, Spain. In a match that lasted just minutes, Srikanth beat Caljouw 21-8, 21-7. This was the first time that Srikanth was facing…

BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth makes winning start, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy pair loses

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start to his men’s singles campaign while the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost their opening match at the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Srikanth, who had reached the knockout stage of the 2014 edition of the…