B. Sai Praneeth won the first Superseries title of his career by beating Kidambi Srikanth 21-17, 17-21, 21-12 in a historic All-India final of the Singapore Open. Despite Srikanth won the first game comfortably, Praneeth walked away with the honours by winning the next two games.

Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth created history by setting up the first ever All-Indian final in the Singapore Open. While Praneeth dished out a superb 21-6, 21-8 victory over Lee Dong-Keun, Srikanth defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-13, 21-14 to book a place in the historic event on Sunday.

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth registered contrasting victories in the Singapore Open to advance to the second round yesterday. Srikanth got the better of Kenta Nishimoto in straight games, while Sindhu and Praneeth had to recover from a game down to beat Nozomi Okuhara and Emil Hilst respectively.

Indian shuttlers, bowed out of a tournament early yet again, as the Indian challenge in the Singapore Open ended with P V Sindhu and the remaining doubles pairs losing. With all the males shuttlers crashing out in the first round itself, Sindhu was the last ray of hope for India, at the tournament.

In what has become a routine in recent times, Indian men’s singles shuttlers crashed out in the opening round of the Singapore Open Super Series on Wednesday. However, P V Sindhu continued her good run and progressed to the second round defeating Busanan Ongbumrungpan of Thailand in a close match.