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Spain Masters: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eye Another Title; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Look To Regain Form | Badminton News
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Spain Masters: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eye Another Title; PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth Look To Regain Form | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© TwitterNewly-crowned Swiss Open doubles champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to continue their consistent run, while singles stars such as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will hope to regain form at the Madrid Spain Masters which gets underway in Madrid on Tuesday. Satwik and Chirag notched up the first title for India this season when they defeated China's world No. 21 Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang 21-19 24-22 in the summit clash of Swiss Open in Basel on Sunday.The world number 6 Indian pair, the 2022 world championships bronze medallists, will eye another super 300 title when they begin their campaign against Japan's Ayato Endo and Yuta Takei this week.While Satwik and Chirag made a mark in Basel last ...
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HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth Exit Swiss Open In Second Round | Badminton News

[ad_1] File photo of HS Prannoy© AFPWorld No. 9 and fifth seed H S Prannoy made a stunning second-round exit from the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing in straight games against unseeded Christo Popov of France on Thursday. Prannoy, favourite coming into the contest, looked a pale shadow of himself in front of world No. 40 Popov as he failed to give any fight, losing 8-21, 8-21 to bow out of the men's singles event. It turned out to be a bad in office for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth was the first to crash out on Thursday, losing to Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee.Going by rankings, there was hardly anything to separate the two as Srikanth is placed 20th in the world as against his rival's 19th position.It was a hard-fought match, but Lee kept his composure to emer...
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Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open | Badminton News
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Lakshya Sen Makes First Round Exit; Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath Progress In Swiss Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Lakshya Sen in action© TwitterCommonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen's woeful run continued as he made a first round exit at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, even as senior compatriot Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the next round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event, here on Wednesday. The 2021 World Championships silver medallist Srikanth had to dig deep to get the better of China's Weng Hong Yang 21-16 15-21 21-18 to set up a second round clash against Hong Kong's Cheuk Yiu Lee, who dashed the hopes of world No.12 Sen. The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles competition.But Mithun Manjunath registered a straight-game 21-8 21-17 win over Joran Kweekel of Netherland...
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Kidambi Srikanth Pulls Out, Lakshya Sen Top Indian Contender At German Open | Badminton News
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Kidambi Srikanth Pulls Out, Lakshya Sen Top Indian Contender At German Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Lakshya Sen in action© TwitterFormer world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the German Open Super 300 badminton tournament which starts with the qualifiers on Tuesday. While Srikanth will be missing in action, finalist of the last edition, Lakshya Sen will hope to go the distance this time as he spearheads the Indian challenge. Sen, and newly-crowned national champion Mithun Manjunath, will be the top Indian players. Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had defeated world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals, only to lose the final in the last edition.This time the 21-year-old from Almora, seeded sixth, will meet France's Christo Popov in the opening round and is expected to face top seed Malaysian Lee Zii Jia in the quarters, if he can cross the initial ...
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India Open: Erratic Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out; Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap Out Too | Badminton News
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India Open: Erratic Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out; Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap Out Too | Badminton News

[ad_1] A fighting Kidambi Srikanth couldn't sustain the pressure as he went down in straight games to Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen in his opening men's singles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament in New Delhi on Wednesday. Srikanth, a world championship silver medallist, flattered to deceive as he squandered a 14-5 lead in the second game to go down 14-21 19-21 to the world no. 1 Dane, leaving the cheering fans at the IG stadium disappointed.World no. 39 Aakarshi Kashyap and world no. 34 Malvika Bansod also couldn't match their fancied rivals -- USA's Beiwen Zhang and Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrung -- and bowed out after losing their respective matches.While Akarshi lost 15-21 12-21 to former champion Zhang, Malvika squandered an 11-8 lead in the openin...
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India Open: Kidambi Srikanth bows out after losing to Viktor Axelsen | Badminton News
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India Open: Kidambi Srikanth bows out after losing to Viktor Axelsen | Badminton News

[ad_1] Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's poor run continued as he went down in straight games to Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen in his opening men's singles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament here on Wednesday. Srikanth squandered a 14-5 lead in the second game after losing the opening to go down 14-21 19-21 to the world number 1, leaving the cheering fans at the IG stadium disappointed.With the crowd rooting for him, Srikanth, a former world no.1, started dominating the rallies, extracting mistakes from Axelsen. The Indian tried to lunge his opponent forward, using his strokes to move the tall Dane.However, Axelsen was caught up at 8-8 and then with a round head smash took a three-point lead at the break.At 13-9, Axelsen committed a rare service e...
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India Open: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Among Title Contenders At India Open | Badminton News
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India Open: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Among Title Contenders At India Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] The country's top shuttlers, including reigning champion Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will look to keep their date with destiny as they will be title contenders in at least three of the five events when the India Open Super 750 begins in New Delhi on Tuesday. Indian badminton never had this good with as many as three players -- Sindhu (7), Sen (10), HS Prannoy (8) in singles world's top 10 and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty at world No. 5 -- all coming into the season with loads of success last year.While seventh seed Sen and Satwik-Chirag, seeded fifth, are entering the USD 900,000 event as defending champions, Sindhu and world No. 13 Kidambi Srikanth are also former champions.However, the past results will count for lit...
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Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth Make First Round Exits From Malaysia Open | Badminton News
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Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth Make First Round Exits From Malaysia Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth's woeful run continued as they suffered first round exits from the season-opening Malaysia Open here on Tuesday. Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina, who endured a tough 2022, battling multiple injuries and a lack of form, went down 12-21 21-17 12-21 to Han Yue of China in the USD 1,250,000 Super 1000 tournament. Having lost the first game, Saina, who has slipped to world number 30, fought back to force a decider in a women's singles first round match.However, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist fell behind as Han built a sizable lead to take the fixture comfortably.Former world number one Srikanth's surrender was tamer. The world championship silver medallist, who has also been struggling for form recently, was stunned b...
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India Open: Kidami Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy Clubbed In ‘Quarter Of Death’ | Badminton News
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India Open: Kidami Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy Clubbed In ‘Quarter Of Death’ | Badminton News

[ad_1] Indian men's singles players were handed a tough draw with Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy -- all clubbed together in the same quarter at the Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton tournament, scheduled to be held in New Delhi from January 17 to 22. Former world champion and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will face her last edition's nemesis Supanida Katethong in the opening round of the BWF World Tour event, which has been upgraded to Super 750 category this year.Reigning champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will, meanwhile, begin their men's doubles campaign against Denmark's Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede, ranked no. 31 in the world.The fifth seeded duo would target a potential quarterfinal clash against top seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan...
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BWF Rankings: Lakshya Sen Regains Career-Best Sixth Spot, Gayatri-Treesa Breaks Into Top 20 | Badminton News
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BWF Rankings: Lakshya Sen Regains Career-Best Sixth Spot, Gayatri-Treesa Breaks Into Top 20 | Badminton News

[ad_1] File photo of Lakshya Sen© AFPIndian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Tuesday jumped two spots to regain his career-best sixth position in the latest BWF World Rankings. The 21-year-old from Almora, who had a stellar run this season, has 75,024 points from 23 tournaments. Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy remained static at world number 11 and 12 respectively. Women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand broke into the top 20 by jumping two places to world number 19.The pair, winner of bronze medal in Birmingham Commonwealth Games, has 46,020 points from 17 tournaments.French Open and Commonwealth Games champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remained in the seventh spot in men's doubles.Mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also remained at the...
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