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Sankar Muthusamy Reaches Badminton World Junior Championships Semifinal | Badminton News
28Oct By adminNo Comments
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Sankar Muthusamy Reaches Badminton World Junior Championships Semifinal | Badminton News

[ad_1] Sankar Muthusamy assured himself of a medal in the BWF World Junior Championships© TwitterRising Indian shuttler Sankar Muthusamy on Friday assured himself of a medal in the BWF World Junior Championships as he reached the men's U-19 singles semifinals after defeating Hu Zhe An of China in Santander, Spain. Seeded fourth in the tournament, Muthusamy won 21-18, 8-21, 21-16 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and 31 minutes.He became only the ninth Indian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships, the last being Lakshya Sen in 2018 -- a bronze.PromotedMuthusamy faces Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul of Thailand in the semifinal.On Thursday, Muthusamy had beaten Nachakorn Pusri, also of Thailand, 21-10 21-12 in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals while fifth seeded Unnati H...
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French Open: Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy Advance To Second Round | Badminton News
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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French Open: Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy Advance To Second Round | Badminton News

[ad_1] Sameer Verma in action© AFPSameer Verma registered an upset win over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia to advance to the second round of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament, in Paris on Wednesday. The unseeded Verma beat sixth-seeded Ginting 21-15 21-23 22-20 in a hard-fought first round match that lasted one hour and 17 minutes. Verma thus avenged Ginting for his loss in the Swiss Open in March. The head-to-head record stood at 2-2 after Wednesday's win by Verma. Verma will face Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the second round.HS Prannoy also made it to the second round of the tournament with a hard-fought win over Liew Daren of Malaysia in the men's singles.Prannoy defeated his lower-ranked opponent 21-16 16-21 21-16 in a first round match that lasted one hour a...
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French Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty In Pre-Quarters, Others Lose | Badminton News
25Oct By adminNo Comments
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French Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty In Pre-Quarters, Others Lose | Badminton News

[ad_1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© TwitterCommonwealth Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied to beat France's Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov to enter the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals of the French Open Super 750 tournament in Paris, on Tuesday. The Indian duo lost the first game 19-21, but recovered strongly to win the next two 21-9 21-13 in their round of 32 match. However, Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bowed out of the tournament after losing in straight games in their opening women's doubles match.Treesa and Gayatri put up a gallant fight before losing 21-23 20-22 to sixth seeded Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.In the mixed doubles, Ishaan Bhatnaga...
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PV Sindhu Back In Top 5, HS Prannoy Moves To 12th In Latest BWF Rankings | Badminton News
25Oct By adminNo Comments
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PV Sindhu Back In Top 5, HS Prannoy Moves To 12th In Latest BWF Rankings | Badminton News

[ad_1] PV Sindhu possesses 87218 points from 26 tournaments.© AFPTwo-time Olympic games medallist PV Sindhu and Thomas Cup winner HS Prannoy gained a spot each to reach the 5th and 12th positions in women's and men's singles world rankings released on Tuesday. Sindhu, who has not played any tournament since winning gold in the Commonwealth Games in August due to an ankle injury, possesses 87218 points from 26 tournaments. This is after three years that Sindhu, a former world no. 2, has regained her place in the top 5. The former world champion from Hyderabad resumed her training on Monday after recovering from the injury.In the men's singles, Prannoy continued his ascendency after a pre-quarterfinal finish at the Denmark Open Super 750. The 30-year-old, who is ranked number one in the Ra...
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Lakshya Sen Faces Kidambi Srikanth In French Open First Round | Badminton News
24Oct By adminNo Comments
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Lakshya Sen Faces Kidambi Srikanth In French Open First Round | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of Lakshya Sen© AFPCommonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen will face teammate Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles opening round match of the French Open badminton tournament in Paris on Tuesday. Sen and Srikkanth, the top two Indians in world ranking at eighth and 11th respectively, will battle it out for the second time in their career. Sen was the best Indian on show at the recently-concluded Denmark Open but he had lost to Japan's lowly ranked Kodai Naraoka in the quarterfinals.In their earlier match-up, Srikkanth had defeated Sen in a tightly-fought contest en route to winning a historic silver at the 2021 World Championships.The winner between the two Indians is likely to bump into the Danish world number two Anders Antonsen in the next round of the World Tour 75...
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Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out Of Denmark Open In Pre-quarterfinals | Badminton News
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out Of Denmark Open In Pre-quarterfinals | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of Kidambi Srikanth© AFPFormer champion Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament after suffering a straight-game defeat to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the pre-quarterfinals in Odense on Thursday. Srikanth lost to the seventh seeded opponent 13-21 15-21 in a match that lasted 35 minutes. Srikanth, the 2021 World Championships silver medallist, had won the title here in 2017. He had a head-to-head record of 1-1 against Yew before Thursday's match.In men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded seventh in the tournament, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 21-14 21-16 win over Indonesia's Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas in a 36-minute round of 16 match.The Indian duo next faces the fourth seeded Malaysian pair of A...
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Denmark Open: Satwiksairaj-Chirag, Lakshya Sen Make Winning Start To Their Campaign | Badminton News
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Denmark Open: Satwiksairaj-Chirag, Lakshya Sen Make Winning Start To Their Campaign | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© AFPIndian contingent started their second day of Denmark Open 2022 on a winning note with men's doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeating the South Korean duo of Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung Jae in the first round match on Wednesday. The India duo defeated their opponents 21-15, 21-19 in two straight games in a match that lasted 44 minutes. The CWG 2022 medalist Lakshya Sen also made a winning start to his campaign, defeating Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the first round 21-16, 21-12.The match lasted 33 minutes.Indian women's badminton star Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women's singles competition in the first round after a loss to China's Zhang Yiman.She lost the match 17-21, 21-19,11-21. Af...
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Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Enter Second Round Of Denmark Open | Badminton News
18Oct By adminNo Comments
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Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Enter Second Round Of Denmark Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of Kidambi Srikanth© TwitterFormer champion Kidambi Srikanth staved off a spirited challenge from Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus to progress to the second round of the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Odense on Tuesday. Returning to the venue where he had claimed the title five years ago, the 2021 World Championships silver medallist notched up a 17-21 21-14 21-12 win over the world number 14 Hong Kong player in a 56-minute contest. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also advanced to the next round after beating Denmark's Alexandra Boje and Amalie Magelund 21-15 21-15 in their women's doubles opener.The Indian pairing will meet sixth seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand.Coming into the match w...
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Denmark Open: Indian Shuttlers Up For Tough Challenge In PV Sindhu’s Absence | Badminton News
17Oct By adminNo Comments
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Denmark Open: Indian Shuttlers Up For Tough Challenge In PV Sindhu’s Absence | Badminton News

[ad_1] Indian shuttlers, in the absence of an injured PV Sindhu, will be up for a tough grind as the badminton season begins with the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament in Odense on Tuesday. Sindhu is on her path to recovery after sustaining an ankle injury during her gold medal winning campaign at the Commonwealth Games. In her absence, all eyes will be on the likes of Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who won a historic bronze medal at the World Championships in Tokyo in August.But with no Indians being seeded in the singles, it will be a tough draw for the Indian shuttlers.With a career-high world ranking of No. 8, Sen will face sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, against whom, the Indian holds a 2-0 head-to-head e...
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BWF Rankings: CWG gold-medallist Lakshya Sen rises to career-high eighth | Badminton News
11Oct By adminNo Comments
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BWF Rankings: CWG gold-medallist Lakshya Sen rises to career-high eighth | Badminton News

[ad_1] Lakshya Sen rises to career-high eighth in BWF Rankings© AFPCommonwealth Games gold medallist shuttler Lakshya Sen climbed one spot to be at a career-high eighth place in the latest BWF men's singles world rankings. The men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also moved closer to top-20 by jumping two spots to be at a career high 21st in the list issued on Tuesday. Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu remained at sixth in the women's singles rankings while the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is ranked eighth in the men's doubles section.The 21-year-old Sen, who had won a bronze in the 2021 World Championships, has been in brilliant form, starting the year with a gold medal at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open before his runner-up finishes at the prestigious Al...
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