Bukit Jalil, May 20 -- Former world number 1 and ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the main rounds of the men's singles in the ongoing Malaysia Masters 2025 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.

Competing at the Stadium Axiata Arena KL Sports City, Kidambi Srikanth beat Chinese Taipei shuttlers Kuo Kuan-lin and Huang Yu Kai to make it to the main draw, according to Olympics.com.

Kidambi Srikanth, 65th in the men's singles badminton rankings, made light work of world No. 64 Kuo Kuan-lin after beating him 21-8, 21-13 in just 29 minutes.

Srikanth's second qualifying match was a bit more challenging against world No. 86 Huang Yu Kai. The Indian badminton player dropped the first game but rallied in the next two to win the ma...