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Kidambi Srikanth qualifies for main draw at Malaysia Masters

Kuala Lumpur, May 20 (UNI) Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the main draw of the men’s singles event at the Malaysia Masters 2025 badminton tournament after winning both his qualifying matches at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil on Tuesday.
Srikanth, currently ranked 65th in the BWF men’s singles rankings, began his campaign in dominant fashion by dispatching world No. 64 Kuo Kuan-lin of Chinese Taipei 21-8, 21-13 in just 29 minutes.
In his second qualifying encounter, the Indian shuttler staged a strong comeback after dropping the first game to defeat Huang Yu Kai, also of Chinese Taipei, 9-21, 21-12, 21-16.
However, it was a disappointing day for the other Indian men in the singles qualifiers.
Tharun Mannepalli went down 13-21, 21-23 to Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul, while Sankar Subramanian narrowly lost to China’s Xuan Chen Zhu 20-22, 20-22 in a closely fought contest.
In the women’s singles qualifiers, Anmol Kharb suffered a straight-games defeat to Hung Yi-Ting of Chinese Taipei, bowing out 14-21, 18-21.
In women’s doubles action, the Indian pair of Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi exited in the first round after a 14-21, 18-21 loss to the eighth-seeded Taiwanese duo Lin Jhih-Yun and Hsu Yin-Hui.
Rashmi Ganesh and Sania Sikkandar also faced an early exit, losing 10-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s Pichamon Phatcharaphisutsin and Nannapas Sukklad.
There was some cheer for India in the women’s doubles as Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande defeated compatriots Vaishnavi Khadkekar and Alisha Khan 21-19, 19-21, 21-13 to move into the second round.
In men’s doubles, Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi lost 13-21, 18-21 to Chen Zhi-Ray and Lin Yu-Chieh of Chinese Taipei, while Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K fell 21-15, 23-21 to Malaysia’s fifth-seeded pair Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun.
The mixed doubles qualifiers also saw an early exit for India, as Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan lost 21-15, 21-16 to Malaysia’s Ming Yap Too and Yu Shan Lee.
India's top medal hopes, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world championships bronze medallist HS Prannoy, will begin their campaigns on Wednesday.
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