California, June 29 -- Kidambi Srikanth fell short in his bid to end a nine-year BWF title drought as he lost to Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang in the men's singles final at the US Open2026 badminton tournament here.
The former world No. 1 Indian badminton player went down 21-15, 16-21, 21-9 in a contest lasting one hour and nine minutes on Sunday, settling for a runner-up finish in his first BWFWorld Tour final of the 2026 badminton season.
Srikanth hasn't won a BWF title since lifting the French Open crown in 2017 during the Superseries era. Su Li Yang started well, opening up a 10-5 lead in the first game. Srikanthfought back to level at 10-10 but the Chinese Taipei shuttler responded with a seven-pointburst to seize control before taking...