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HS Prannoy Returns To Action After Injury Layoff; Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen Eye Winning Starts | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy Returns To Action After Injury Layoff; Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen Eye Winning Starts | Badminton News

[ad_1] India's No. 1 shuttler HS Prannoy will make his much-anticipated return from a back injury, while Lakshya Sen will look to find his rhythm in the Japan Masters Super 500 tournament beginning at Kumamoto, Japan on Tuesday. Prannoy had pulled out of the Denmark and French Open due to a back injury that troubled him during his historic bronze medal-winning performance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last month. The 31-year-old, his back heavily taped, had secure India's first medal in men's singles in 41 years at the Hangzhou showpiece.Returning to action after four weeks, the World Championships bronze medallist will like to take it "slowly" as he will be up against unseeded Lee Cheuk Yui of Hong Kong."I am just taking it a little slowly, not rushing up on the injury side," Prannoy h...
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‘India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years’: Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News
28Aug By adminNo Comments
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‘India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years’: Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

[ad_1] Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a 'sporting country' in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa last week created history by reaching the World Cup final at 18 years. Prannoy defeated the world No 1 Viktor Axelsen en route to winning a World Championships bronze.“Earlier, you would see only a few sports would be talked about, media coverage would only be for those," the Indian cricket icon told the media here after he was revealed as the principal advisor of the Midwicket Stories."Now all sports have got an outlet and...
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“Didn’t Expect”: HS Prannoy On Claiming First BWF World Championships Medal | Badminton News
27Aug By adminNo Comments
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“Didn’t Expect”: HS Prannoy On Claiming First BWF World Championships Medal | Badminton News

[ad_1] HS Prannoy in action against Viktor Axelsen in 2023 BWF World Championships quarter-final.© AFPAfter claiming his first-ever BWF World Championships medal, star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy said that he "didn't expect" it this year because of the "tough draw" of the tournament. Prannoy's dream run at the world event ended on Saturday after he lost 21-18, 13-21 14-21 to world number 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men's singles semifinal to sign off with a bronze medal. While it was the player's maiden podium finish at the event, his achievement extended India's record of having at least one medallist in the showpiece since 2011."I am extremely happy to finally get a Worlds medal," Prannoy told NDTV in an exclusive interview."I didn't expect this year because straight from fi...
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HS Prannoy vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn, BWF World Championships Semi-final: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn, BWF World Championships Semi-final: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming | Badminton News

[ad_1] India's star shuttler HS Prannoy is set to face Thai's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semi-final of the ongoing BWF World Championships 2023. Prannoy extracted the last ounce of energy from his reservoir to hand a shock defeat to two-time defending champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in a thrilling 68-minute quarter-final on Friday. The victory also assured him of a podium finish at the world event. While at least a bronze is certain for the Indian shuttler, he can better it if he manages to continue his winning run in the tournament.When will the HS Prannoy vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn, 2023 BWF World Championships semi-final match be played?The HS Prannoy vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn, 2023 BWF World Championships semi-final match will be played on Satruday, August 26.Where will the HS Prannoy vs Ku...
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World Championships: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag Duo In Quarterfinals, Treesa-Gayatri Bow Out | Badminton News
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World Championships: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag Duo In Quarterfinals, Treesa-Gayatri Bow Out | Badminton News

[ad_1] HS Prannoy showed nerves of steel, advancing to his third successive quarterfinals at the World Championships with a fighting three-game win over former champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in Copenhagen on Thursday. World number 9 Prannoy, who won the Malaysia Masters and finished runner-up at Australian Open this season, once again displayed his sterling fighting qualities during his 21-18 15-21 21-19 win over the seventh seeded Loh at the Royal Arena. The 31-year-old from Kerala will face the winner of the match between world number one Viktor Axelsen and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in the last eight.The world number two pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, which had claimed a maiden bronze in the last edition, also stood one step away from another World Champio...
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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 Claims Malaysia Masters 2023 Title, Breaks Jinx | Badminton News
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HS Prannoy Claims Malaysia Masters 2023 Title, Breaks Jinx | Badminton News

[ad_1] Indian shuttler HS Prannoy ended a six-year-long title drought with a three-game win over China's Weng Hong Yang in a pulsating men's singles finals at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament in on Sunday. The 30-year-old Indian showed great composure and resolve during a 94-minute battle to notch a 21-19 13-21 21-18 victory against China's world number 34 Weng Hong Yang, a 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist. The win helped him to claim his maiden BWF World Tour title and also the first singles crown of the year for India.Prannoy was instrumental in India's epic Thomas Cup victory last year but an individual title has eluded him since the 2017 US Open Grand Prix Gold.The Kerala shuttler had come close to breaking his title drought when he reached the finals at Swiss Open ...
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PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy Advance To Pre-quarterfinals Of Swiss Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] File photo of PV Sindhu.© AFPStar Indian shuttler HS Prannoy beat All England Championships finalist Shi Yu Qi of China to storm into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel. World number 9 Prannoy continued his good run as he recovered from a second game slump to notch up a 21-17 19-21 21-17 win over Shi Yu Qi, who is a 2018 world championships silver medallist, in the men's singles opening round. Two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu too made a positive start to her title defence, beating Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland 21-9 21-16 in a lop-sided opening round of women's singles.Prannoy will next face France's Christo Popov, while Sindhu will take on 20-year-old Indonesian Putri Kusuma Wardani, who was part of...
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India Open: Lakshya Sen Eases Past HS Prannoy, Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly Register Win | Badminton News
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India Open: Lakshya Sen Eases Past HS Prannoy, Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly Register Win | Badminton News

[ad_1] Defending champion Lakshya Sen registered a straight-game win over compatriot HS Prannoy to make a winning start to his title defence at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 badminton tournament in New Delhi on Tuesday. World No. 12 Sen, seeded seventh, was by far the better player on display as he settled the score against world No. 9 Prannoy after his opening-round reversal at the Malaysia Open with a 21-14, 21-15 win at the KD Jadhav Indoor hall in IG stadium here.Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand notched up a 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 win over France's world No. 29 Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in their opener.Among other Indians, N Sikki Reddy and her new women's doubles partner Shruti Mishra went down fighting 17-21, 19-21 to Germany's Linda E...
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