Tag: Indian Shuttlers

New Delhi: Five Indians find themselves in the top-20 of the BWF men’s singles rankings with H S Prannoy being the biggest gainer after his quarterfinal showing at the Japan Open last week. Prannoy has jumped four places to be world no.15 while Kidambi Srikanth, who too lost in the quarterfinals in Japan, remains the […]

Nanning (China): Top shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will spearhead the Indian challenge at the prestigious Sudirman Cup which gets underway here on Sunday. India, who reached the quarterfinals twice in 2011 and 2017, will continue their hunt for an elusive medal in the mixed team championship. Placed in Group 1D, India will have […]

Tokyo: Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth moved into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open after registering contrasting wins in their respective events here on Thursday. While fifth seed Sindhu had to toil hard in an hour-long battle to get the better of unseeded Japanese Aya Ohori 11-21 21-10 21-13 in a […]

Changzhou (China): The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament after suffering a straight-game loss to Japan’s Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda on Thursday. Satwik and Chirag, ranked 15th in the world, could not maintain their decent start against their […]

Pokhara: Ashmita Chaliha and Siril Verma were crowned the men’s and women’s singles champions as Indian shuttlers claimed eight medals in the individual events of the 13th South Asian Games here on Friday. While Ashmita and Siril claimed gold medals, Dhruv Kapila bagged double gold after emerging champion in the men’s and mixed doubles category. […]

Kuala Lumpur: Olympic medal-winning Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Malaysia Masters after being outplayed by familiar foes in the quarterfinals, ending the country’s campaign here on Friday. Reigning world champion Sindhu, who took the court first on Friday, was knocked out of the Super 500 badminton tournament by […]