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World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth on Monday brought curtains to his international badminton career to pursue a coaching career in the USA.

PV Sindhu defeated Jenjira Stadelmann 21-10, 21-14 in a 31-minute long first round women's singles match on Wednesday night.

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 […]

BAI also on Sunday named a 12-member Indian team for the Sudirman Cup, which is slated to take place from September 26 to October 3 in Finland.

Praneeth has failed to qualify for the next stage as he lost both his group stage matches.

Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Wednesday

The Indian doubles duo upset third seed Lee and Wang; Praneeth loses

PV Sindhu, and compatriot B Sai Praneeth hit the training facilities in Tokyo early on Monday for their first practice session

The shuttler is disappointed that coach Santoso will go as extra official to Tokyo

While Sindhu has been seeded sixth and drawn in Group J of women's singles, Praneeth was seeded 13th in Group D of men's singles competition.

The 47-year-old Gopichand opted out to ensure Agus Dwi Santoso could be accommodated who has been training with B Sai Praneeth since the pandemic, according to BAI General Secretary Ajay Singhania.

Praneeth, who won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championship, is the only men's singles shuttler to have qualified for the Tokyo Games.

The Minister lauded Sai Praneeth for making it to Tokyo Games and presented a cheque for Rs 5 lakh as a token of appreciation.

"It is tough. With tournament after tournament being cancelled or postponed, it is a big challenge to be motivated and play. We are having training but no tournaments.