Five records broken by Indian shuttler Srikanth Kidambi in 2017

Prize money leader

srikanth kidambi pullela gopichand — Srikanth with his coach, Pullela Gopichand after his twin success

Srikanth’s stupendous performances not only improved his rankings, but it also sent his bank balance though the roof. The big Superseries victories sent his prize money soaring to a staggering US $147,847.50 at the end of June and made him sit atop the prize money list in 2017. It enabled him to eclipse the likes of legends, Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan.

Thanks to his momentous feat, Srikanth surpassed even the women’s World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying, who won three Superseries titles in 2017, apart from the Asian Championships.

And the Indian has maintained that position since then. In a list released by the BWF in the first week of October, he still leads the pack with earnings of $149,797.50.

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Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.

Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.

Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.

Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.

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