Lucknow: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu reached the women’s singles final of the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after her fifth seeded Russian opponent Evgeniya Kosetskaya retired hurt midway into their semifinal here on Saturday. Sindhu, the top seed, easily pocketed the first game 21-11 before Kosetskaya conceded the second women’s singles semifinal match. […]
Lucknow: India’s HS Prannoy crashed out of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the men’s singles quarterfinals here on Friday. The fifth-seeded Indian, a former top 10 player, lost 19-21 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarterfinal match. Mithun Manjunath, however, advanced […]
Lucknow: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the 2022 Syed Modi International in the women’s singles at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, here on Wednesday. The two-time Olympic medallist defeated 18-year-old shuttler Tanya Hemanth 21-9, 21-9 in a one-sided 27 minute clash. The match started evenly with both players […]
Lucknow: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to recover from her unexpected semifinal loss at the India Open and end her title drought at the Syed Modi International, which begins here on Tuesday. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad was well on course to win her first title since the 2019 World Championship triumph last […]