Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa-Gayatri enter Syed Modi finals in Lucknow
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Mithun Manjunath to reach the Syed Modi International final, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced to the women’s doubles final. India’s singles hopes ended with Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma losing in the semifinals at Lucknow
Hyderabad: Former World No 1 Kidambi Srikanth reached his second final on the BWF World Tour in 2025 on Saturday after defeating compatriot Mithun Manjunath in a hard-fought semifinal, while the women’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly also advanced to the summit clash of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament at Lucknow.
Srikanth defeated Mithun 21-15, 19-21, 21-13 in 59 minutes and will now face Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan, who advanced to the final after Minoru Koga of Japan retired with the score reading 12-21, 21-8, 11-0 in his opponent’s favour.
In the women’s doubles semifinal, top seeds and defending champions Gayatri and Treesa defeated seventh seeds Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting of Malaysia 21-11, 21-15 to set up a final clash against Japan’s Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe.
India’s campaign in women’s singles, however, came to an end after top seed Unnati Hooda and giant-killer Tanvi Sharma lost in the semifinals.
Unnati went down to fourth seed Neslihan Arin of Turkey 15-21, 10-21, while Tanvi’s run was halted by Japanese fifth seed Hina Akechi with a 21-17, 21-16 victory.
India’s hopes of a finalist in mixed doubles were also dented after Hariharan Amsakarunan and Treesa Jolly lost their semifinal against eighth seeds Dejan Ferdinansyah and Bernadine Wardana 21-17, 21-19.
