Syed Modi International 2025 badminton: Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand enter finals

Kidambi Srikant

Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma lost in the women’s singles semi-finals, while Hariharan Amsakarunan and Treesa Jolly were also beaten in mixed doubles.

Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth moved into the men’s singles final at the Syed Modi International 2025 badminton tournament after beating compatriot Mithun Manjunath in the semis at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.

World No. 38 Kidambi Srikanth beat Mithun Manjunath, 95th in the men’s singles badminton rankings, 21-15, 19-21, 21-13 in just under an hour.

The first game saw Kidambi Srikanth race to an 8-2 lead before closing out the opener without much trouble.

Fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth made a brisk start in the second game, moving into a 3-0 lead before Mithun Manjunath clawed his way back to seize an 11-9 advantage at the interval.

Srikanth then managed to tie the contest at 18-all, but Mithun Manjunath held his nerve to win the second game and force a decider.

In the final game of the match, Kidambi Srikanth took control of proceedings from the outset, leading from start to finish en route to victory and a spot in the final.

Kidambi Srikanth will face world No. 59 Jason Gunawan of Hong Kong China in the final. Srikanth has beaten Jason Gunawan in both their previous meetings so far.

Top seeds Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand of India also entered the women’s doubles after a comfortable 21-11, 21-15 win over fifth-seeded Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting of Malaysia.

This was Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand’s second win in as many matches against the Malaysians. The Indian badminton players will face eighth-seeded Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe of Japan in the final.

Treesa and Gayatri are also the defending champions, having won the women’s doubles title last year. Srikanth is also a former Syed Modi International champion from 2016.

However, India’s challenge in the women’s singles and mixed doubles at the Syed Modi International ended on Saturday.

Top seed Unnati Hooda lost her semi-final match 21-15, 21-10 against fourth-seeded Neslihan Arın of Turkiye.

Tanvi Sharma went down 21-17, 21-16 against fifth seed Hina Akechi of Japan in the other semi-final.

Meanwhile, Hariharan Amsakarunan and Treesa Jolly lost 21-17, 21-19 against eighth seeds Dejan Ferdinansyah and Bernadine Wardana of Indonesia in the mixed doubles semis.