RIO 2016 BADMINTON:KIDAMBI SRIKANTH MOVES INTO QUARTERS AFTER THRILLING WIN

Kidambi Srikanth booked his place in the quarter finals of the badminton men's singles event at Rio Olympics 2016,after a close 21-19,21-19 win over Denmark's Jan Jorgensen in his


round of 16 match.Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth began well in the first game and took an early lead,but Jorgensen came back immediately as both fought toe-to-toe for most parts of the game.
     However,Srikanth opened up a two point lead to earn game points.He failed to convert the first of those points,but did so in the second to win the first game.