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Badminton: Indian Men One Win Away From First-Ever Team Gold At Asian Games | Asian Games News
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Badminton: Indian Men One Win Away From First-Ever Team Gold At Asian Games | Asian Games News

[ad_1] India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth in action© AFPKidambi Srikanth rallied his way to a thrilling win in a tense decider as India kept alive their hopes of winning a first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games, reaching the men's team championships final with a 3-2 win over South Korea in Hangzhou on Saturday. This is India's maiden entry into the final of the team event at the continental showpiece. World No. 7 HS Prannoy showed nerves of steel to bounce back from an opening game reversal to outwit Jeon Hyeok Jin 18-21 21-16 21-19 and put India 1-0 ahead but Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the first doubles 13-21 24-26 to reigning world champions Seo Seung-Jae and Kang Min-hyuk as Korea made it 1-1.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)Lakshya Se...
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Badminton: Indian Men Assure Of Medal, Women’s Team Bows Out Of Asian Games | Asian Games News
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Badminton: Indian Men Assure Of Medal, Women’s Team Bows Out Of Asian Games | Asian Games News

[ad_1] India thrashed lowly Nepal 3-0 in the quarterfinals to secure a historic medal after 37 years in the men's team badminton event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday. Taking the court first, Lakshya Sen defeated Prince Dahal 21-5 21-8 before Kidambi Srikanth beat Sunil Joshi 21-4 21-13 in the second match. In the third match, Mithun Manjunath edged past Bishnu Katuwal 21-2 21-17 to clinch the tie. The Indian men, who are assured of at least a bronze, will now face the winner of the match between Indonesia and Korea in semifinal for a spot in the gold medal clash.However, it was disappointment for the Indian women's team.The women's team, led by PV Sindhu, failed to put up a fight against Thailand, going down 0-3 in the quarterfinals to crash out of the Asian Games.It was always...
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BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out In 1st round | Badminton News
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BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out In 1st round | Badminton News

[ad_1] File photo of Kidambi Srikanth© TwitterIndian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth disappoints with his early exit in the first round of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships after being outplayed by Kenta Nishimoto in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday. Nishimoto defeated him in straight games by 21-14, 21-14 to advance to the second round. Earlier in the day, Lakshya Sen and Prannoy HS cruised into round two of the BWF World Championships.  First, it was the Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya who took on Mauritius's Julien Paul. Sen was absolutely dominant, beating his opponent in just 24 minutes by 21-12, 21-7.On the other hand, Prannoy took on Finland's Kalle Koljonen.Prannoy also moved to the second round by beating Kalle by 24-22, 21-10.In the mixed doubles compe...
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BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Receives Round 1 Bye, Kidambi Srikanth To Play Kenta Nishimoto | Badminton News
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BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Receives Round 1 Bye, Kidambi Srikanth To Play Kenta Nishimoto | Badminton News

[ad_1] Olympic medalist PV Sindhu has been handed a first-round bye in the women's singles draw for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, from August 21-27, reported Olympics.com on Thursday.  The draw for the World Championships was held at the BWF headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.Former World Champion Sindhu, seeded 16th in the tournament, could play Japanese star and her rival Nozomi Okuhara in the second round, who beat Sindhu in the 2017 championships final before the Indian shuttler avenged her loss in the 2019 World Championships at Basel.Both Nozomi Okuhara and PV Sindhu have been struggling with their form this year.Indian men's shuttlers received favourable draws. Ninth seed Prannoy HS will open his campaign against w...
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PV Sindhu Gains Two Spots, Kidambi Srikanth Slips To 20th | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu Gains Two Spots, Kidambi Srikanth Slips To 20th | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of PV Sindhu© AFPDouble Olympic medallist P V Sindhu gained two places to reach the 15th spot but Kidambi Srikanth lost a place to slip to 20th position in the latest BWF World ranking released on Tuesday. Sindhu, who is going through a rough patch, had recorded a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open after losing to eventual champion Beiwen Zhang of USA last week. Srikanth too had lost in the last 8 in Sydney after going down to fellow Indian Priyanshu Rajawat. HS Prannoy, who finished runner-up at Australian Open, and Lakshya Sen were static at world number 9 and 11 respectively.Following his maiden semifinal finish in a super 500 tournament in Sydney last week, Rajawat climbed three spots to reach world number 28, while Mithun Manjunath and Kiran George jumped s...
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Australian Open: HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat To Meet In Semis; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Out | Badminton News
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Australian Open: HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat To Meet In Semis; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Out | Badminton News

[ad_1] Star shuttler PV Sindhu bowed out but HS Prannoy and young Priyanshu Rajawat notched up contrasting wins to set up an enticing all-Indian men's singles semifinal clash in the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Friday. Orleans Masters champion Rajawat will make his maiden appearance in a semifinal of a Super 500 tournament after knocking out compatriot Kidambi Srikanth 21-13 21-8 in a lop-sided men's singles quarterfinal. World number 9 Prannoy came out victorious after a slugfest with world number 2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, bouncing back from an opening game reversal to notch up a gritty 16-21 21-17 21-14 win in a 73-minute battle.Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, who has slipped to world number 17 following a series of early exits, was looking to mak...
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PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Unheralded Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins at the Australian Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday. Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat Loh 21-19 21-19 in the men's singles first round match that lasted 41 minutes. Manjunath faces the winner of the match between Lee Zii Jia and Leong Jun Hao -- both Malaysians -- in the second round of the BWF Super 500 tournament.Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen conceded his men's singles match against compatriot Kiran George due to an injury. Sen was trailing 0-5 in the opening game when he decided to quit.Fifth seed Sindhu, who has lost in the first round at seven different tour events this sea...
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HS Prannoy Moves To 9th, Lakshya Sen Jumps To 11th In BWF Ranking | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy Moves To 9th, Lakshya Sen Jumps To 11th In BWF Ranking | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of HS Prannoy© AFPNew Delhi:Star Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen on Tuesday jumped to the ninth and 11th spots respectively in the latest BWF world rankings following semi final finishes at Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament. While Prannoy gained one spot, Sen improved two places after they lost in the semifinals in three hard-fought games against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and Indonesia's Jonatan Christie respectively in Tokyo last week.Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth also went up a rung to 19th position, while national champion Mithun Manjunath moved four places to the 50th position.Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu remained static at the 17th spot, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also stayed at the world number 2 position in...
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PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Hope For A Turnaround; Focus On HS Prannoy And Lakshya Sen In Australian Open | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Hope For A Turnaround; Focus On HS Prannoy And Lakshya Sen In Australian Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to arrest their slump in form when they begin their campaign at the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney  on Tuesday. The USD 420,000 event, which has been upgraded to a Super 500 tournament, will be the last chance for Sindhu and Srikanth to regain their touch ahead of the World Championships to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 2019 world champion, Sindhu hasn't looked the part since her recovery from an injury as she has repeatedly made early exits in as many as seven of the 12 BWF World Tour events this year.A lot has happened this year for Sindhu as she parted ways with Korea's Park Tae-Sang, worked with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary before zeroing on new coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, the 2003 All-England ch...
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HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Enter Quarterfinals Of Japan Open | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Enter Quarterfinals Of Japan Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] India's HS Prannoy prevailed in the match of compatriots after Lakshya Sen and the in-form men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open badminton in Tokyo on Thursday. The 21-year-old Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sen advanced to the quarters with a convincing pre-quarterfinals 21-14, 21-16 win over Japanese shuttler Kanta Tsuneyama in straight sets. Fresh from their triumph in the Korea Open, the Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj and Chirag too secured progress to the last-eight stage with their dominant win over the Danish pair of Lasse Molhede and Jeppe Bay.Satwiksairaj and Chirag won 21-17, 21-11.Then, in the match between compatriots Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, the former emerged vic...
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