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Saina, Srikanth seal spot at Dubai World Superseries Finals

November 27, 2015 17:21 IST

Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth have sealed their spots at the prestigious BWF World Superseries Finals for the second successive time.

Saina NehwalThe Finals will be held in Dubai from December 9.

The only Indians to feature in the season-ending event, World No. 2 Saina and World No. 8 Srikanth will compete against other World top 8 players in women's and men's singles, respectively.

World Championship silver medallist Saina and India Open winner Srikanth had qualified for the event last year but failed to go beyond the semi-finals.

While Saina lost to eventual winner Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, Srikanth had gone down against China's Chen Long.

Image: Saina Nehwal.

Photograph: Reuters

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