Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth stuns fifth seed Naraoka in Kumamoto Masters Japan

Published: 12/11/26 10:27

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Kumamoto (Japan), Nov 12 (UNI) Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth stunned fifth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan to reach the men's singles quarter-finals at the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2026 badminton tournament here on Thursday. Srikanth battled past Naraoka 21-15, 11-21, 21-18 in an hour in the round of 16 of the BWF Super 500 tournament at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium. It was Srikanth's first victory over Naraoka in five meetings, according to olympics.com. Naraoka, currently eighth in the badminton world rankings, is a two-time BWF World Championships silver medallist, having finished runner-up in 2023 and again in New Delhi…

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