Badminton · Japan Masters 2026

Srikanth Kidambi vs Rasmus Gemke

On now First round Men's singles

Srikanth Kidambi beat Rasmus Gemke 18-21 21-16 24-22 in the first round of the Japan Masters 2026 at Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto, Japan.

Who does Srikanth Kidambi play next?

Srikanth Kidambi plays Kodai Naraoka in the second round, and Srikanth Kidambi won it 21-15 11-21 21-18. Srikanth Kidambi vs Kodai Naraoka.

The players

• Srikanth Kidambi: profile, age and career record
• Rasmus Gemke: profile, age and career record

Other first round matches

• Christo Popov vs M Koga: Christo Popov won 21-14 21-14
• Z Ubaidillah vs Brian Yang: Z Ubaidillah won 22-24 28-26 21-19
• Alwi Farhan vs Lin C-y: Alwi Farhan won 21-18 21-12
• N Nguyen vs Kenta Nishimoto: Kenta Nishimoto won 15-21 21-7 21-18
• Victor Lai vs Y Okimoto: Victor Lai won 21-19 21-12
• Yushi Tanaka vs Zhu XC: Yushi Tanaka won 21-14 21-17
• Lakshya Sen vs Chi Y-j: Lakshya Sen won 21-19 21-18
• Dong TY vs Lee C-h: Dong TY won 21-15 19-21 21-10
• Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul vs Kodai Naraoka: Kodai Naraoka won 17-21 21-17 21-17
• Koki Watanabe vs Jeon H-j: Koki Watanabe won 21-10 21-18
• Hu ZA vs Chou Tien-chen: Chou Tien-chen won 21-17 21-18
• Wang P-w vs Wang T-w: Wang P-w won 21-11 21-12
• Su L-y vs Toma Junior Popov: Toma Junior Popov won 21-15 21-11
• Yoo T-b vs R Takei: Yoo T-b won 21-13 16-21 21-18
• M Johannesen vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn: Kunlavut Vitidsarn won 21-18 21-19