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Kidambi Srikanth joins the elites as he wins his 4th Super Series this year

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Kidambi Srikanth made history by becoming the first Indian male to win the coveted French Open that eventually became his 4th Super Series title this year. In 2010, Saina Nehwal became the only Indian to win four Super Series titles in a year. In the process, Srikanth also joined an elite group of male shuttlers to win four Super Series titles in a calendar year. Badminton great Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long were the only three players to have accomplished this feat. 

Kidambi Srikanth took just 34 minutes to calm down Japanese qualifier Kento Nishimoto in the final at the Stade Pierre De Coubertin. The result reads 21-14, 21-13. Nishimoto was just the seventh qualifier to reach a men’s singles Superseries final in 11 years but he was completely outplayed by the Indian. Going by Srikanth’s current form, it was expected to be a one-sided summit clash.

Nishimoto started positively to race to a 9-5 lead in the first game. But Srikanth fought back to draw level at 9-9. From there on it was no looking back as the Indian used his court coverage and superior technique to take the first game by 21-14. In the second game Srikanth used his experience to claim the game by 21-13.

“I feel good winning two titles in two weeks. I am lucky to pull off some close matches this week. I thank everyone who helped me doing this,” an elated Srikanth said after the win.

Srikanth clinched titles at Indonesia, Australia and Denmark earlier this year.

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PoulomiKundu started her career in 2000 as a freelance journalist in Hindustan Times. Soon after she was selected an intern in Zee News, Kolkata. After her post- graduation in English, Poulomi joined the leading television production house of eastern India, Rainbow Productions. She was a journalist in Khas Khobor, a Bengali news magazine programme in Doordarshan and also headed the post production department of another programme, Khas Kolkata. In 2004, Poulomi moved to Delhi as a creative writer in an advertising agency, Brand Stewards Pvt. Ltd. In 2005, she again shifted her base for a better opportunity and that in Mumbai. There she got the job in Raa Media Pvt Ltd. as an associate director of two programmes for Doordarshan-Yuva and Paisa Vasool. In the meantime, she also wrote features in DNA as a freelancer. Poulomi directs promotional videos, develops scripts for films for Corporate and NGOs. But an ardent sports lover, Poulomi always had an urge to contribute somewhere in the field of sports. Her love for sports started from an early age when she played gully cricket and football for local teams. Academics and professional hazards sometimes took her away from her passion, but it never died in her. She always nurtured the never-ending dream. So she materialized her dream in the form of ‘SPORTSAVOUR’. It is an online sports portal that serves sports with the tagline ‘For the indigenous, unconventional, unknown’.

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