Srikanth Kidambi
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Kidambi at the 2013 French Super Series
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi |
| Country |
 India
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| Born |
7 February 1993 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh |
| Residence | Hyderabad, India |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Handedness | right |
| Coach | Pullela Gopichand |
| Men's Singles | |
| Career record | 137 Wins, 75 Losses |
| Career title(s) | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 3 (4 June 2015) |
| Current ranking | 21 (2 February 2017) |
| BWF profile | |
Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player with a world ranking of 21 as of February 2, 2017. He won 2014 China Open Super Series Premier after beating Lin Dan by 21–19 21–17 in the final round, thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad and is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore. He is also sponsored by Li-Ning.
Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on 7 February 1993. His father KVS Krishna is a landlord, and his mother Radha a house-wife. Srikanth’s elder brother Nanda Gopal is also a badminton player.
In the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in Isle of Man, Kidambi won the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in doubles. He also emerged winner in the singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship held in Pune.
In 2012 Kidambi overcame the then Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the Maldives International Challenge to claim the Men’s singles title.
In the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event, Kidambi won the Men’s singles title beating then world number eight and local favorite Boonsak Ponsana in straight sets. In the same year, Kidambi beat reigning champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi to claim his first senior national title. He was also part of the Awadhe Warriors team that finished second in the Indian Badminton League, 2013.
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