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Denmark Open: Kidambi Srikanth to Play Lin Dan Today

Srikanth defeated local hope Vittinghus 21-16 21-10 in the opening round of the Denmark Open.

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  • Kidambi Srikanth will play World Number 14 Lin Dan in the second round of the Denmark Open on Thursday, 18 October.
  • The match will start at 12:30 am IST (tentatively). It will be broadcast on Star Sports 1.
  • World Number 6 Kidambi beat Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-16, 21-10 in the opening round.

World number 6 Kidambi Srikanth set up a second-round clash with the legendary Lin Dan after an easy win over Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus even as one Indian women's doubles pair was knocked out of the Denmark Open, in Odense on Wednesday, 17 October.

Srikanth defeated local hope Vittinghus 21-16 21-10 in the opening round of the Denmark Open.
Kidambi Srikanth and Lin Dan’s head-to-head.

Srikanth needed 35 minutes to get the better of local hope Vittinghus 21-16 21-10 in the opening round of the USD 7,75,000 tournament.

Srikanth has lost three of his four matches against Dan but the Chinese great is not the force he once was. The former world number one is now placed 14th in the international rankings.

The last time Srikanth beat Dan was in 2014 at the China Open.

Srikanth defeated local hope Vittinghus 21-16 21-10 in the opening round of the Denmark Open.
The last time Srikanth beat Dan was in 2014 at the China Open.
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If Srikanth manages to get past Dan and Sameer Verma overcomes Asian Games gold-medallist Jonathan Christie, it will be an all-Indian quarter-final in the bottom half of the men's singles draw.

In the doubles competition, Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy moved to the second round of women's doubles with an easy 21-7 21-11 win over the American team of Ariel Lee and Sydney Lee.

But it was curtains for Meghanna Jakkampudi and S Ram Poorvisha, who lost 17-21 11-21 to the Swedish combination of Emma Karlsson and Johanna Magnusson.

(With inputs from PTI)

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