Aged World No.1 Kidambi Srikant thanked his followers for supporting him after a hit the silver medal at the BWF World Championship.
BWF World Championship silver-medallist Srikant Kidambi. (Offer: Twitter)
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Monday (December 20) after a hit a ancient silver medal at the BWF World Championships said it was once massively pretty to succeed within the final in Huelva. The dilapidated world No. 1 Srikanth grew to alter into the first Indian to take hold of a silver within the males’s singles at the badminton world championships, with Prakash Padukone (1983), B Sai Praneeth (2019), and Lakshya Sen (2021) a hit a bronze every.
Within the summit clash in Sapin, the Indian was once defeated by Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 21-15, 22-20 on Sunday, December 19. The last lasted for 43 minutes.”The total labor seems to be to repay! Reaching the finals of the World Championship was once massively pretty, and I am extremely grateful to every of you for your fixed love & make stronger!” Kidambi tweeted on Monday.
The total hardwork seems to be to repay! Reaching the finals of the World Championship was once massively pretty, and I am extremely grateful to every of you for your fixed love & make stronger! #BWFWorldChampionship2021 #Huelva2021 #Badminton pic.twitter.com/qss6vsS9hd
— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) December 20, 2021
Coming to the final match, the 12th-seeded Indian got right here out all weapons blazing and took an early 9-3 lead, nevertheless Yew bounced encourage, a hit the first sport 21-15.
Srikanth was once left with all to lift out within the second sport if he wanted to retain his hopes alive of strolling away with a gold medal. Yew carried on along with his momentum and he wrapped up the match in straight games.
