Tag: Saina Nehwal

Jakarta: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost in the final of the $350,000 Indonesia Masters World Tour Super 500 here on Sunday. Saina, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, was outplayed by Chinese Taipei’s top seeded Tai Tzu Ying, who took only 27 minutes to win by 21-9, 21-13.

Jakarta: Veteran Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal got the better of compatriot P.V. Sindhu in straight games to enter the semi-finals of $350,000 Indonesia Masters World Tour Super 500 here on Friday. Saina, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, moved past 2016 Olympic runner-up and second seed Sindhu 21-13, 21-19 in 37 minutes in a quarter-final. With […]

Jakarta: Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu will face each other in an all Indian quarter-final after registering victories in their respective preliminary matches at the $350,000 Indonesia Masters here on Thursday. Saina, who returned from an ankle injury, overcame World No.20 Chinese Chen Xiaoxin 21-12, 21-18 in 37 minutes, while Sindhu defeated […]

New Delhi: Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin is on the same page with India’s Saina Nehwal, who hit out at the cramped schedule of the Badminton World Federation today. Addressing mediapersons at the launch of the third edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL), Saina advocated for a five-week Grand Slam tournament like tennis instead […]

Hong Kong: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy advanced to the second round while Parupalli Kashyap and the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy fell in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open Superseries on Wednesday. While second seed Sindhu eased past Hong Kong’s qualifier Leung Yuet […]

Mumbai: Actress Shraddha Kapoor has wrapped the first schedule of Prabhas-starrer “Saaho” in Hyderabad with “bittersweet feelings”. Shraddha tweeted on Tuesday: “First schedule wrap on ‘Saaho’. Bittersweet feelings.Have had an amazing time shooting with a fabulous team. Felt so at home in Hyderabad.” “Saaho” is being made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. During her shoot […]

Mumbai: Actor Ayushmann Khurrana and badminton ace Saina Nehwal say they had a lot of fun while shooting together for the unique live game show “Aunty Boli Lagao Boli”, hosted by Archana Puran Singh. “‘Aunty Boli Lagao Boli’ with Saina and Archana ma’am. Thank you Raj Kundra paaji and Shilpa Shettyji. It was crazy live fun,” […]

Tokyo: India’s campaign in the women’s singles category of the $325,000 Japan Open Superseries ended after P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal lost in straight games to local favourite Nozomi Okuhara and Spain’s Carolina Marin, in their respective matches here on Thursday. However, there was good news from the men’s singles with Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. […]

Hyderabad: India’s star shuttler Saina Nehwal on Monday confirmed that she will shift her training base to Gopichand academy here after earning a bronze medal in the recently concluded World Badminton Championships having trained under coach U. Vimal Kumar in Bengaluru. “For a while I’ve been thinking about moving my training base back to the Gopichand […]

Glasgow: India’s 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal lost her singles semi-final against Japanese seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara as she settled for a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championships here on Saturday. Saina, the 12th seed, lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-21 in an hour and 14 minutes to the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist, who became the […]

Glasgow:  Saina Nehwal returned to where she belongs while paving the way for Indian badminton’s foray into a territory hitherto unexplored, her semifinal entry also raising hopes of a first all-India summit showdown in the World Championships here. The Olympic bronze medallist advanced to the semifinal when she staved off the challenge from local favourite […]

Glasgow: India’s Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth reached the quarter-finals, while B. Sai Praneeth, Ajay Jayaram and the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships here on Thursday. Sindhu, a double World Championships bronze medallist, earned a hard-fought win over Hong […]

Kuching: Indian star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal suffered setbacks in the opening round of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier, while Ajay Jayaram moved into the men’s singles second round here on Wednesday. Sixth seed and 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sindhu was toppled by world No.13 Chen Yufei of China 21-18, 19-21, 17-21 in […]

Hyderabad: Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap tied the knots in a simple ceremony here Friday. “Saina got married as per court rules today at about 11.30 (AM),” her father Harvir Singh told PTI. The wedding took place at Saina’s residence in Orion villas at Raidurgam in Cyberabad. “It was a small gathering […]

Mumbai: Shraddha Kapoor has started training for her role in the Saina Nehwal biopic with the ace badminton player. Saina posted a picture with Shraddha, who joined her and coach Pullela Gopichand for a training session today. “Today’s badminton practice session … Gopi sir , @ShraddhaKapoor and me #Biopic” Saina captioned the photo. “Saina” will […]