Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth entered the semi-finals of the men’s singles event at the Canada Open 2025 badminton tournament with a convincing win in Ontario on Friday.
Up against top seed and Olympian Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals, world No. 49 Kidambi Srikanth won the match 21-18, 21-9 in 43 minutes to enter the semi-finals.
This was Kidambi Srikanth’s fourth win in 10 meetings against Chou Tien-chen, who is the current world No. 9. Srikanth, who finished as runners-up at the Malaysia Masters in May, will face Olympian and third seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the semis.
However, Kidambi Srikanth’s compatriot Sankar Subramanian’s run at the BWF Super 300 tournament came to an end as he went down fighting against Kenta Nishimoto.
After losing the first game, Sankar Subramanian rallied to win the second before falling short in the third to face a 21-15, 5-21, 21-17 defeat.
This was Sankar Subramanian’s second loss in as many matches against world No. 12 Kenta Nishimoto.
Meanwhile, India’s challenge in the women’s singles at the Canada Open wrapped up after Shriyanshi Valishetty’s spirited run in the tournament was halted in the quarter-finals.
Shriyanshi Valishetty, 75th in the women’s singles badminton rankings, squared off against world No. 69 Amalie Schulz of Denmark in the quarter-finals.
The Indian badminton player started the match well but failed to sustain the momentum, going down 12-21, 21-19, 21-19.
This was Shriyanshi Valishetty’s first defeat against Amalie Schulz, having prevailed over the Dane in their only previous meeting at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters.