Kidambi Srikanth won the silver medal in the BWF World Badminton Championships, Spain. A former world no. 1, Srikanth lost Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
He becomes the first Indian men Badminton player to won a silver in BWF World Championships. The maiden silver placed Srikanth alongside P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, who had finished runner-up in the past. Akane Yamaguchi of Japan clinched the women’s title beating World No. 1 and top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.
