Malaysia Masters: First Final in Four Years for Kidambi
Every cloud has a silver lining. Former world No.1 Kidambi Srikanth finally won through to a long-awaited final at the PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2025.
· Chan Wei Yan
After advancing from the qualifiers, Kidambi defeated sixth seed Lu Guang Zu in the first round, Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in the second, and edged Toma Junior Popov in the quarterfinals.
Today he zipped past Japan's Yushi Tanaka, conditioned by one Kento Momota, 21-18 24-22.
Kidambi's last final was the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021, where he lost to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew. Before that, his best effort on the HSBC BWF World Tour was a runner-up finish at the India Open 2019 versus Viktor Axelsen.