BWF World Championship Updates: Kidambi Srikanth will face Loh Keen Yu in the final.© AFP
India’s Kidambi Srikanth will take on Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in the men’s singles final of the BWF World Championships at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marin in Huelva, Spain on Sunday. The 28-year-old Srikanth became the first Indian male shuttler to reach the final of the tournament after defeating compatriot Lakshya Sen in the semi-finals. The former world number one defeated Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in a thrilling match that lasted one hour and nine minutes on Saturday. Lakshya ended the tournament with a bronze medal. Only two Indian men had won BWF World Championship medals in the past – Prakash Padukone in 1983 and HS Prannoy in 2019.
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