5 biggest wins in Kidambi Srikanth's career so far

#2 2017 Australian Open final vs Chen Long

Srikanth defeated one of the biggest names in Badminton World, Chen Long, in the Australian Open final this year

It takes an incalculable amount of accuracy, stamina, and flair to beat someone like Chen Long, who is one of the most dominating personalities in the badminton world right now. The 24-year-old Indian from Guntur finally managed to beat the Chinese shuttler, who had defeated him in their previous five matches.

Long had no other option but to submit to Srikanth's aggressive play, who was bombarding the Chinese with his lightning-quick smashes and kept his calm to win the first set 22-20. Srikanth regulated the second set extremely well with a composed mind and the Indian only grew more confident and Long started to break down. Srikanth claimed the second set 21-16 and became the first ever Indian man to win the Australian Open.