Ontario, July 3 -- Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth and marched into the second round of the Canada Open 2025 badminton tournament in Ontario on Wednesday.

Kidambi Srikanth, currently 49th in the badminton rankings, lost the opening game against compatriot Priyanshi Rajawat but rallied back to win the 53-minute contest 18-21, 21-19, 21-14 at the Markham Pan Am Centre, as per Olympics.com.

Former world No. 1 Srikanth had lost both his matches against Rajawat, the seventh seed and world No. 39, prior to this.

Srikanth's opponent in the pre-quarterfinals will be Chinese Taipei's world No. 71 Wang Po-Wei, who upset Malaysia's Justin Hoh in the opening round.

Meanwhile, world No. 31 and fifth seed A...