Kidambi Srikanth moves to second round of Thailand Masters

Veteran Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath, and the young Sankar Muthusamy led the way as Indian single shuttlers registered five wins in eight matches at the 2024 Thailand Masters Super 300 on Wednesday.

Up against Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Yei, Srikanth was made to work hard for his 22-20, 21-19 straight games win.

Wang, who is ranked two spots below the Indian in the world rankings, had four game points in the first game at 20-16, but failed to capitalise as the former world No 1 went on a six-point winning spree to pocket it 22-20.