Again in motion after a seven-month lengthy coronavirus-forced break, the fifth seed Indian took 33 minutes to get the higher of his Canadian opponent 21-15 21-14 within the males’s singles second spherical match of the Tremendous 750 match, the one occasion taking place this yr in Badminton World Federation’s calendar.
The BWF was compelled to cancel a number of tournaments and postpone the Asia leg and the World Tour Ultimate to January subsequent yr as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Srikanth, a former world primary and at present ranked 14th, will subsequent face the winner of the opposite second spherical match between second seed Tien Chen Chou of Chinese language Taipei and Eire’s Nhat Nguyen.
