Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth shocked world number one Son Wan Ho of Korea to enter the men's singles final of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on Saturday June 17,2017
Srikanth, ranked 22nd, got the better of Korean shuttler in three games, 21-15,14-21, 24-22 in one hour and 12 minutes. It was their seventh meeting, with the India still trailing 3-4 in the head-to-head count.
It could have been a second successive all-Indian Super Series final in Indonesia, but Srikanth's compatriot HS Prannoy lost to lowered-ranked Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in another three-game thriller earlier in the day
Kazumasa Sakai, ranked 47th, beat Prannoy 21-17, 26-28, 18-21 in the first semi-final.
This is the fourth Super Series final for Srikanth. He won the 2014 China Open and 2015 India Open.
Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have won the Indonesia Open.
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