3 in a row: Kidambi Srikanth reaches final of Australia Super Series

Sydney, June 24: Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's dream season just got better as the India made it to his third successive Super Series final beating Yuqi Shi 21-10 21-14 at the Australian Open, here today.

Srikanth won the match in merely 27 minutes. Srikanth has previously reached the final of the Singapore Open and Indonesia Open. He was runner-up at Singapore while he won at Indonesia.

His previous best was a semi-final appearance in 2016. Srikanth got better of qualifier Kan Chao Yu followed by World no. 1 Son Wan Ho and Praneeth respectively.

He will face China's Chen Long in the final. Reigning Olympic champion Long beat South Korea's Lee Hyun Il 26-24, 15-21, 21-17 in the 2nd semi-final. Long holds 5-0 advantage over Srikanth.

PTI