New Delhi: In Badminton, ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Sunday lifted the Australian Open Superseries trophy in Sydney. In the summit clash, Srikanth, ranked 11th in the world, stunned former world number one and Rio Olympics Gold medalist Chen Long of China in straight games, 22-20, 21-16.

It was Srikanth's first victory over the Chinese in 6 matches. The trophy is Srikanth's second this season and fourth overall. He had won the Indonesian Open last week. Srikanth had reached the final of the Singapore Open in April and Indonesia Open before this tournament and has thus become only the fifth player in the world and the first Indian male shuttler to contest three consecutive Super Series finals.

PM NarendraModi earlier in the day had congratulated KidambiSrikanth on his stellar performance at the BWF Super Series in Indonesia."Badminton player KidambiSrikanth recently won the Indonesia Open. He has made the nation proud," PM Modi said in his monthly radio broadcase programme -- Mann Ki Baat.