श्रीकांत किदांबी (खंड) के संपादन कइल जात बा

===2014 से 2016===
Kidambi finished runner up at the 2014 [[India Open Grand Prix Gold]] event in [[Lucknow]]<ref>[[2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold#Men's Singles|India Open Grand Prix, 2014]]</ref> and was a quarter finalist in 2014 [[Malaysia Open (badminton)|Malaysian Open]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140117/sports-other-sports/article/giant-killer-srikanth-crashes-out-malaysia-open|title=Malaysian Open, 2014|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> He was part of the Indian badminton contingent that reached the semi finals of the [[Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team|Mixed-team event]] at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games 2014]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/badminton/1014179/srikanth_kidambi.html|title=Srikanth Glasgow, 2014|publisher=}}</ref> He also reached the quarter finals of the [[Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|Men's Singles event]] in the same tournament.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/badminton-srikanth-stuns-ajay-jayaram/article4222827.ece|title=Badminton: Srikanth stuns Ajay Jayaram|author=Rakesh Rao|work=The Hindu}}</ref> In November, he created a major upset in the final of the [[2014 China Open Super Series Premier]] by beating 5 times World Champion and 2 times Olympic Champion [[Lin Dan]] in straight sets (21–19 21–17), thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.<ref name="sports.ndtv.com"/> He then reached semi finals of Hong Kong Open Super Series after beating in-form [[Chou Tien-Chen]] in the early rounds. He lost to [[Chen Long]] of China in three sets in the semifinals. With those wins he was qualified for the world super series finals. He defeated [[Kento Momota]] (15–21 21–16 21–10) and [[Tommy Sugiarto]] (21–18 21–13) in the group stage to reach Semi Finals of the prestigious [[BWF Super Series Masters Finals]] where he again lost to [[Chen Long]] of China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/saina-nehwal-kidambi-srikanth-boost-their-semifinal-chances-with-second-win/articleshow/45566997.cms|title=Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth boost their semifinal chances with second win|work=timesofindia-economictimes|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>

Kidambi became the first Indian male to win gold at the [[2015 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold]] by defeating [[Viktor Axelsen]] 21–15,12–21,21–14.The same year he also won [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]] Super Series title by defeating [[Viktor Axelsen]] in the finals<ref name=Kridangan>{{cite web|url=http://kridangan.com/index.php/badminton/5766/kidambi-srikanth-is-the-first-ever-indian-man-to-win-swiss-open-grand-prix-gold/|title=Kidambi Srikanth Is the First Ever Indian Man to Win Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold , 2015|work=Kridangan}}</ref>

Kidambi reached the semifinal in the [[Malaysia Masters]], where he lost to [[Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin]] of Malaysia in January. The following week he won the [[Syed Modi International Badminton Championships]] Grand Prix Gold title, defeating [[Huang Yuxiang]] 21–13, 14–21, 21–14 in the final. At the [[2016 South Asian Games]], he won two gold medals, in men's team and men's singles, defeating [[Prannoy Kumar]] in the singles final. At the [[2016 Badminton Asia Team Championship]], although his team lost in the semifinal, he remained undefeated.

In the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]], the World No. 11, Kidambi entered the round of 16 of the [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics#Men's singles|men's singles]] by beating [[Lino Muñoz]] and [[Henri Hurskainen]]. He went on to beat World No. 5 [[Jan Ø. Jørgensen]] 21–19, 21–19 to reach the quarterfinals,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kidambi Srikanth storms into quarters|url=https://sportscafe.in/articles/badminton/2016/aug/15/rio-2016-kidambi-srikanth-storms-into-quarters|publisher=SportsCafe.in|}}</ref> but was defeated by [[Lin Dan]] by a score of 6–21, 21–11, and 18–21.