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Srikanth enters semifinals

HONG KONG:Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the semifinals of the $400,000 Hong Kong Open after Olympics champion Chen Long of China decided to quit the contest owing to an injury here today.

Srikanth enters semifinals

Kidambi Srikanth was leading by a game when Chen Long decided to concede the match due to an injury.



Hong Kong, November 15 

Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the semifinals of the $400,000 Hong Kong Open after Olympics champion Chen Long of China decided to quit the contest owing to an injury here today.

Unseeded Srikanth, ranked 13th in the world, was leading by a game when Chen decided to concede the match, thus handing the Indian a place in the last-four of a BWF World Tour event for the first time since March. The last time Srikanth crossed the quarterfinal stage was at the India Open Super 500. He had finished runner-up at the event. 

Today’s triumph was Srikanth’s second career win over the Chinese shuttler. The Indian still trails Chen 2-6 in head-to-head win-loss record. 

The former world No. 1 will next face local favourite Lee Cheuk Yiu. Lee defeated former world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 21-14 21-19 in another 

quarterfinal. — PTI

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