Syed Modi International 2025: Kidambi Srikanth reaches final; Gayatri–Treesa one win away from retaining title

Two Indians/Pair will be playing for gold on Sunday at Syed Modi International 2025.

Former world number 1 Kidambi Srikanth reached his second final on the BWF World Tour in 2025 on Saturday after defeating compatriot Mithun Manjunath in a hard-fought semi-final while women’s doubles combination of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly also advanced to the summit clash of the Syed Modi International 2025 Super 300 tournament here.

Srikanth defeated Mithun 21-15, 19-21, 21-13 in 59 minutes and will now face Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan, who advanced to the final after Minoru Koga of Japan retired with the score reading 12-21, 21-8, 11-0 in his opponent’s favour.

In the women’s doubles semi-final, top seeds and defending champions Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly defeated seventh seeds Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting of Malaysia 21-11, 21-15 to set up a final clash against Japan’s Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe.

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India’s campaign in women’s singles, however, came to an end after top seed Unnati Hooda and giant killer Tanvi Sharma lost in the semi-finals.

Unnati went down against fourth seed Neslihan Arin of Turkey 15-21, 10-21 while Tanvi’s run was halted by Japanese 5th seed Hina Akechi with a 21-17, 21-16 victory.

India’s hopes of a finalist in mixed doubles were also dented after Hariharan Amsakarunan and Treesa Jolly lost their semifinal against eighth seeds Dejan Ferdinansyah and Bernadine Wardana 21-17, 21-19.

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