Prone to being understated, Srikanth did offer a peek into this longing for the glory days on Sunday. "It's been a while. There was a point in my career when I was pretty used to standing there (on the podium) and then it's been a while,

Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth will be in action in his first major final in four years (first BWF tour final in six!) as he takes on world number four and reigning Asian Games champ Li Shi Feng of China in the final of the men's singles event at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 in the Axiata Arena at Kuala Lumpur.

Kidambi Srikanth's inspiring campaign at the Malaysia Open 2025 finally came to a screeching halt with an agonising defeat in a lop-sided final on May 25, Sunday. Kidambi Srikanth faced a disappointing defeat in the final as he went down to his Chinese counterpart Li Shi Feng with a scoreline of 11-21,