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BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth defeats Popov in opening Group B fixture

BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth defeats Popov in opening Group B fixture

BWF World Tour Finals- Kidambi Srikanth defeats Popov: India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday won his opening Group B game in the men’s singles event of the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals. Srikanth defeated France’s Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in a match that lasted for 42 minutes. Earlier, the India duo of Ashwini Ponnappa […]

BWF World Tour Finals- Kidambi Srikanth defeats Popov: India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday won his opening Group B game in the men’s singles event of the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals.

Srikanth defeated France’s Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in a match that lasted for 42 minutes. Earlier, the India duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy ended up losing their first game in women’s doubles Group B of the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday.


BWF World Tour Finals- Kidambi Srikanth defeats Popov: Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan defeated the Indian duo 21-14, 21-18 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.

The BWF World Tour Finals is the season-ending tournament of the BWF World Tour, where the top-eight players/pairs in the season’s rankings are granted entry.

Also Read: BWF World Tour: Full Schedule, Prize Money, LIVE Streaming, Draws, India Time All you need to know

The players/pairs are divided into two groups of four each. Each player/pair will play every other player/pair in their group in a round-robin format, with the top-two in each group progressing to the semi-finals.

Groupings: Men’s Singles: 

Group A: Viktor Axelsen, Rasmus Gemke, Kento Momota, Lakshya Sen

Group B: Lee Zii Jia, Srikanth Kidambi, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Toma Junior Popov

Women’s Singles: 

Group A: Pornpawee Chochuwong,  PV Sindhu, Yvonne Li, Line Christophersen

Group B: Akane Yamaguchi, Busanan Ongbamrungphan, An Se-young, Yeo Jia Min

Men’s Doubles:

Group A: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Lee Yang/ Wang Chi-lin, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty

Group B: Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi, Ong Yew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi, Pramudya Kusumawardana, Yeremia Rambitan, Christo Popov/ Toma Junior Popov.

Women’s Doubles:

Group A: Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida, Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva, Chloe Birch/ Lauren Smith, Ashwini Ponnappa/ N Sikki Reddy

Group B: Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino, Mathias Christiansen/ Alexandra Bøje, Tan Kian Meng/ Lai Pei Jing, Chan Peng Soon/ Goh Liu Ying

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