Kuala Lumpur: India’s HS Prannoy faced stiff resistance before prevailing against local hero Daren Liew as the Indian shuttler progressed to the men’s singles second round of the Malaysia Open, here on Tuesday. A former top-10 player, Prannoy, who had reached the semifinals of Indonesia Open Super 1000 earlier this month, emerged a 21-14,17-21,21-18 winner […]
Jakarta: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu made a shock first round exit from the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event after suffering a straight-game defeat against China’s He Bing Jiao, here on Tuesday. Seventh seed Sindhu lost 14-21 18-21 to Bing Jiao in the women’s singles. Sindhu, a former world champion, has won two Super […]
Orleans (France): Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth advanced to the men’s singles round of 16 at the Orleans Masters 2022 Super 100 badminton tournament after beating Czech Republic’s Jan Louda, here on Wednesday. Praneeth, world No.19 in the badminton world rankings, registered a comfortable 21-19, 21-12 win over Louda. Playing against Louda, ranked 122nd in […]
Hyderabad: Indian singles badminton player B Sai Praneeth has a rare distinction of being the only second Indian male shuttler to win a medal at the BWF World Championships. The 29-year-old clinched a bronze medal in the last edition in 2019 in Basel to join legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone, who also won bronze at the […]
Odense: Double Olympic medallist and reigning world champion PV Sindhu will look for a good outing as she returns to competitive action after a break, at the Denmark Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament beginning here on Tuesday. Sindhu, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had taken a break due to the hectic schedule […]
Aarhus: India will look up to their star players, including Saina Nehwal and men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, to quickly recover from the Sudirman Cup drubbing and produce a better show at the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals beginning here on Saturday. With their stars missing and senior players out of […]
Vantaa: Competing without its star players, the Indian badminton team’s chances to qualify for the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup ended after suffering a heavy 0-5 defeat against formidable China here on Monday. It was India’s second consecutive defeat after losing the Group A opener to Thailand and now the final match against Finland […]