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Badminton, Hong Kong Open semi-finals Live: Kidambi Srikanth faces local favourite Cheuk Yiu Lee

Kidambi Srikanth will be aiming to seal a spot in the final as he goes up against local favourite Lee Cheuk Yiu in the semi-finals of the 2019 Hong Kong Open on Saturday.

Srikanth, the lone Indian shuttler in fray at the BWF World Tour Super 500 event was earlier handed a spot in a last four after his opponent Chen Long retired hurt during the previous game.

This is the first time that the Guntur-born shuttler, currently ranked 13 in the BWF rankings, has managed to make it to last eight on the BWF World Tour in seven months. Cheuk Yiu heads into the semis having defeated Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the previous contest.

Srikanth and Cheuk Yiu have face each other only one occasion. It was at the 2018 India Open, where the Indian won in straight games.

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