NEW DELHI: India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Olympic champion Chen Long in a dominating fashion to win the Australia Open Super Series men's singles title on Sunday. At the start, the rallies were a bit long but both resorted to an attacking game from thereon.However, aided by his deceptive shots and searing smashes, Srikanth took 11-9 lead at the break. After the resumption, Long crawled back with three straight points to take lead at 12-11. Unlike the first game where Long launched a comeback, here Srikanth was in no mood to relent, opening a five-point lead at 19-15. And then sealed the game and the title at 21-16 to win the singles title.This was Srikanth's first ever win over the Chinese in six meetings.

Source: Times of India June 25, 2017 06:31 UTC