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Canada Open 2025: Srikanth Beats Compatriot Priyanshu in First Round; Ayush Shetty Knocked Out
- Kidambi Srikanth defeated compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat in a three-game, 53-minute match at the Canada Open Super 300 in Ontario on Wednesday.
- This match followed two previous losses by Srikanth to Rajawat on the international circuit, including at the 2023 Australian Open and German Open.
- Srikanth trailed early after losing the first game 18-21 but won the next two games 21-19 and 21-14 by breaking an 18-18 tie and scoring seven consecutive points.
- Meanwhile, Ayush Shetty, last week's US Open 2025 champion and fifth seed, lost in straight games 23-21, 21-12 to fellow Indian Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, ranked 57th.
- Srikanth advanced to face Wang Po-Wei of Chinese Taipei, while Subramanian will play Huang Yu Kai in the quarterfinals, and India's doubles campaign ended at the event.
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Indian Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth Cruises Into Second Round of Canada Open 2025
Former world No. 1 Srikanth had lost both his matches against Rajawat, the seventh seed and world No. 39, prior to this. Srikanth's opponent in the pre-quarterfinals will be Chinese Taipei's world No. 71 Wang Po-Wei, who upset Malaysia's Justin Hoh in the opening round. Indian Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth Cruises Into Second Round of Canada Open 2025.
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth cruises into second round of Canada Open 2025 - The Tribune
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated his compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat and marched into the second round of the Canada Open 2025 badminton tournament in Ontario on Wednesday.
Canada Open badminton: Srikanth Kidambi comes from behind to beat Priyanshu Rajawat in a clash of generations
in Ontario, the former world No 1 Srikanth showed once more that he has managed to turn things around with his form in recent times, as he managed to beat Priyanshu for the first time with a come-from-behind 18-21, 21-19, 21-14 win in 53 minutes.
Canada Open 2025: Srikanth beats compatriot Priyanshu in first round; Ayush Shetty knocked out
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the Round of 16 of the Canada Open 2025 after beating compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat in the first round on Wednesday at the Markham Pan Am Centre.
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