Jakarta June 18 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth played at his ruthless best to thump Japanese Sakai Kazumasa in straight games and clinch the men s singles title at the Indonesian Open Superseries Premier here on Sunday.
Srikanth made short work of Sakai 21-11 21-19 in the final which lasted barely 37 minutes at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC).
It was the 24-year-old Guntur player s third Superseries title after victories in the 2014 China Open and the 2015 India Open.
The first game was a cake walk for Srikanth who kept himself focused to outclass his 27-year-old opponent 21-11.
The final game started in favour of the Japanese until Srikanth made a comeback from being 7-11 behind to take a 14-13 advantage.
The game still failed to find a breather with both the shuttlers alternately taking lead until the Indian converted the 19-19 equaliser to win the game 21-19 and clinch the championship.
--IANS
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Ruthless Srikanth whips Sakai to win Indonesian Open (Lead)
