"p-v-sindhu"

Birmingham: All eyes will be on in-form shuttler Lakshya Sen, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and World Championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth as they look to break India’s 21-year title drought at the All England Championships, which begins here on Wednesday. The top Indian players, including Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Srikanth have failed to […]

New Delhi: Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to carry the momentum from last season and make winning starts to the new year when they begin their campaign at the India Open, which returns after being cancelled twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A lot of ranking points will be […]

Bali: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Thursday joined compatriot Lakshya Sen into the knockout stage of the BWF World Tour Finals, while Kidambi Srikanth’s fate hung in balance after suffering defeat in his second group match, here. The 26-year-old Sindhu, the only Indian to win the prestigious title in 2018 and a finalist a […]

Odense: India’s PV Sindhu has reached the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Denmark Open on Thursday, beating Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in three well-fought games at the Odense Sports Park here. However, Kidambi Srikanth could not progress beyond the second round in men’s singles, going down to top seed and World No 1 Kento Momota after […]

The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist expects more women to compete at the highest level in the near future

He tweeted, "We are all elated by the stellar performance by P V Sindhu. Congratulations to her on winning the Bronze at @Tokyo2020. She is India's pride and one of our most outstanding Olympians."

Gold eludes the Indian and will now play for bronze against Biang

Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Friday

World No. 7 Sindhu will meet Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who topped Group I.

Following is the complete schedule of Indian action on Wednesday

The world number seven Indian will next play Hong Kong's world number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi in the group stage.

The 42-year-old, who was roped in for India's men's singles players in 2019, has been training Sindhu following the departure of fellow Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun after the Basel World Championship two years ago.

Sindhu, who had lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the 2016 Olympics final, has been clubbed in an easy Group J, also comprising Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi.

"There was a ban on eating ice creams on you during the 2016 Olympics, has another ban been imposed for Tokyo," he asked to a grinning Sindhu, who would be aiming to better the silver she won five years ago.

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.

Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, couldn't match the pace, power and precision of her younger world number 11 rival Chochowong and lost 17-21 9-21

In a quarter-final match, Sindhu beat Akane 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.

Fifth seed Sindhu will kick off her campaign with a clash against Malaysia's Soniia Cheah and is likely to face Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals, provided she wins her initial rounds

Sindhu, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn't match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat in the final

Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.