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Lakshya Sen and Kiran George advanced to the second round but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits after suffering narrow losses in their respective opening matches at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament in Jakarta on Wednesday. World No. 19 Sen, who is looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics, avenged his…
Riding on a stellar show in the last two weeks, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Tuesday reclaimed the top spot in the BWF men’s doubles rankings. The Asian Games champions reached the world no. 1 ranking for a second time after successive runner-up finishes in the Malaysia Open super 1000 and India Open…
Singles ace HS Prannoy will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Indonesian Masters Super 500 badminton tournament beginning in Jakarta on Tuesday after the pull-out of crack doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Having finished runners-up in back-to-back tournaments of Malaysia Super 1000 and India Open Super 750, the reigning Asian Games champions…
Former No.1 Naomi Osaka has accepted a wild card into the Abu Dhabi Open, the WTA 500 tournament begins on February 3. Osaka joined a strong field that already includes Ons Jabeur, Elena Rybakina, and Maria Sakkari. “I’m very excited about competing in this year’s Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open and performing in front of the…
Fearless Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska surged into a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final Monday, stunning two-time champion Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open. Driven by a booming serve and aggressive groundstrokes, the athletic 23-year-old battled past the Belarusian 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena. Her reward is a clash with unseeded Czech Linda Noskova, who…
Celebrated Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles event at India Open Super 750 tournament but an erratic Kidambi Srikanth bowed out after a straight-game loss to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in New Delhi on Wednesday. World No. 2 Satwik and Chirag, who had finished…
From the hilly terrains of Almora to the bylanes of Bangalore and now together in the national team, it has been quite a journey for Sen brothers — Lakshya and Chirag. While Lakshya was the first to make a mark on the international circuit, newly-crowned Senior National champion Chirag on Tuesday joined him in the…
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) will fund 28 Indian shuttlers, including senior national men’s and women’s champions Chirag Sen and Anmol Kharb, for international tournaments this year. Indian players ranked between 26 and 75 in BWF world rankings and top performers from the Senior National championships, who are not part of the national camp,…
New Delhi: Top Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen, have been handed tricky draws at next month’s India Open Super 750 badminton tournament as they gear up to exploit the home advantage with Paris Olympics qualification at stake. With the race to Paris heading into its final stretch, Indian shuttlers will look to…
Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz had to fight through a deciding doubles match to conclude a 2-1 defeat of Britain on Sunday for the United States to stay in title contention at the United Cup. The defending champions, who won the trophy last January over Italy, earned a 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 10-7 mixed doubles win…