Srikanth Kidambi Vs Yushi Tanaka Highlights, Malaysia Masters 2025: Indian Shuttler Powers His Way Into The Final

Third time lucky for Kidambi Srikanth! He has done it as Yushi Tanaka hits it wide to hand Kidambi the game and match.

Srikanth 21-18 24-22 Tanaka

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Srikanth Kidambi will be taking on Yushi Tanaka for the first time. The Japanese right-hander is currently ranked 23rd in the world. Kidambi will be making the top-50 this week irrespective of the result here.

Yushi Tanaka has started off well against Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles semi-final with the Japanese shuttler taking a 5-1 lead in the first game. The Indian shuttler needs to refocus and fight his way back into this one.

After going 1-4 down, Kidambi has fought back and how! 4-1 has now immediately become 4-3 and P Gopichand from the far end, applauds the Indian after the latter wins a point.

India's Kidambi Srikanth is not going to give up so easily. The Indian sees his lead fall away with Tanaka taking a 9-4 lead but the former somehow manages to make it 8-9 in the first game.

Despite glimpses of brilliance from Yushi Tanaka, Kidambi is showing no signs of give up here. The Indian shuttler is pushing the world no 23 to the end and this semi-final is turning out to be a great fight between the two shuttlers.

Srikanth is two game points away from taking the first game and take a 1-0 lead.

India's Kidambi Srikanth has taken the first game 21-18 despite trailing for most parts. The experienced campaigner oozed his class in the latter stages of the game as his smashes and clever play allowed him to comeback into the tie and force Yushi Tanaka into making errors.

Yushi Tanaka has started the second game in a blistering fashion, taking a 4-0 lead.

Srikanth has been pushed back by Tanaka in the second game but the Indian is not completely out of this one.

Kidambi has fought his way back into the second game and after a slow start, the Indian is now levelled 9-9. Exceptional from the world no 63, who not showing any signs of slowing down.

At the interval in the second game, Kidambi has fought back from a five-point lead to claw his way back to lead 11-10.

It's 13-12 for Kidambi Srikanth in the second game and his net play is giving Yushi Tanaka nightmares. The Japanese, who started off so well, is looking out of sorts.

Wow! This game is down to the wire. It seemed Kidambi had the game in his grasp but Tanaka has fought back to level it all.

Wow! This second game between Tanaka and Kidambi is proving to be a nail-biter! 21-21 now.