Praneeth enters maiden Super Series final at Singapore. Image Source: m.dailyhunt.in[/caption]Internet Desk: India’s B Sai Praneeth showed pure class to beat Korea’s Lee Dong-Keun in straight sets to reach his maiden Super Series final at the Singapore Open on Saturday. He will face his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the final, who notched up a 21-13, 21-14 win over World No. 26 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to reach the third Super Series final of his career.
Earlier, Praneet had reached the finals at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January but he suffered an injury in his shoulder. The Indian shuttler continued his brilliant run in the tournament to beat three-time Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold champion Lee 21-6, 21-8 in an on sided semifinal match.
The 24-year-old from Hyderabad, who had clinched the Canada Open last year, came out with a well sorted strategy and executed it brilliantly to completely blow away his opponent in the opening game.
In the second game, Praneeth continued to dominate the proceedings and zoomed to a 9-1 lead. The Korean managed to reduce the deficit to 4-10 before the Indian entered the break with a 11-4 lead.
The Indian has some big wins in his career, which include victories against 2003 All England Champion Muhammad Hafiz, former World and Olympic champion Hashim of Malaysia, and three-time Olympic silver medallist and World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.
Srikanth then showed why he is considered one of the best Indian shuttlers right now, fighting back from 4-9 down in the opening game to never look back.
Interestingly, Praneeth has a 4-1 head-to-head record against his more illustrious compatriot, who had clinched the 2014 China Super Series Premier and 2015 India Super Series and also reached the quarterfinals of Rio Olympics.
With inputs from PTI.
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