mens single australian open super series title in 2017
Srikanth Kidambi He won the 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier beating Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 21-19 thereby becoming the 1st ever Indian man to do so. He also went on to win 2017 Australian Super Series beating China's Chen Long 22-20, 21-16, making a record of entering three consecutive Super Series Events Finals.[20].Srikanth entered the quarterfinal round of 2017 BWF World Championships held at Glasgow, where he was defeated by Son Wan-Ho of South Korea in straight sets. Later in October, Srikanth won the third Super Series Title of the Year at 2017 Denmark Super Series Premier,by defeating Lee Hyun-il of Korea 21-10,21-5. Following his good run, He became the only fourth Badminton Player ever to win 4 Super Series titles in a year, when he won 2017 French Super Series equaling the likes of Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, and Chen Long by defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-14,21-13 in the finals,catapulting him to number 2 in world ranking.