{"id":28408,"date":"2026-06-29T17:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/kidambi-srikanth-finishes-runner-up-at-us-open-super-300-after-fighting-defeat-to-su-li-yang-badminton-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:50:20","slug":"kidambi-srikanth-finishes-runner-up-at-us-open-super-300-after-fighting-defeat-to-su-li-yang-badminton-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/kidambi-srikanth-finishes-runner-up-at-us-open-super-300-after-fighting-defeat-to-su-li-yang-badminton-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidambi Srikanth finishes runner-up at US Open Super 300 after fighting defeat to Su Li-yang | Badminton News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132070424,imgsize-80045,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kidambi-srikanth-afp-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Kidambi Srikanth finishes runner-up at US Open Super 300 after fighting defeat to Su Li-yang\" title=\"Kidambi Srikanth (AFP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Kidambi Srikanth (AFP Photo)\">Kidambi Srikanth (AFP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kidambi-srikanth\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kidambi Srikanth<\/a> finished runner-up at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing a hard-fought men&#8217;s singles final to Chinese Taipei&#8217;s Su Li-yang. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The 33-year-old former world No. 1 showed great fighting spirit by recovering after losing the opening game, but eventually went down 15-21, 21-16, 9-21 in a physically demanding contest that lasted just over an hour.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Playing his first final of the season, Srikanth started brightly but lost momentum after an unusual error when his racquet crossed the net during a rally. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Although he battled back to level the score midway through the opening game, Su raised the intensity after the break, using his speed and deceptive shot-making to take control and secure the first game.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The second game was a much tighter affair, with both players matching each other point for point. <!-- -->Srikanth showcased his experience and sharp net play, taking control during the middle stages of the game. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Despite a late challenge from Su, the Indian held his nerve, earning multiple game points before sealing the game with a powerful down-the-line smash to force a deciding third game.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Su dominates final game to claim maiden title<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The decider, however, belonged to the younger Su, who came out aggressively and never allowed Srikanth to settle. The Chinese Taipei player maintained a relentless pace and built a comfortable lead. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Srikanth mixed brilliant winners with unforced errors and was also left frustrated after being denied permission by the chair umpire to change his shirt during the game.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Su continued to dominate the rallies and eventually earned 12 championship points. Although Srikanth saved one, Su closed out the match to win the first BWF World Tour title of his career, while Srikanth had to settle for another runner-up finish.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/badminton\/kidambi-srikanth-finishes-runner-up-at-us-open-super-300-after-fighting-defeat-to-su-li-yang\/articleshow\/132069975.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidambi Srikanth (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s Kidambi Srikanth finished runner-up at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing a hard-fought men&#8217;s singles final to Chinese Taipei&#8217;s Su Li-yang. The 33-year-old former world No. 1 showed great fighting spirit by recovering after losing the opening game, but eventually went down 15-21, 21-16, 9-21 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}