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Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen and women’s top seed Aakarshi Kashyap were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the ongoing National Badminton Championships in Chennai on Friday. While top seeded Sen began the day with a win over Abhishek Saini 21-23 21-12 24-22 in the pre-quarterfinals, he went down to Bharat Raghav 21-15 10-21…
Priyanshu Rajawat was the lone Indian shuttler to qualify for the quarterfinals in men’s singles, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand made the cut in women’s doubles at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament on Thursday. Priyanshu, who won the Orleans Masters this year, emerged victories after compatriot Sathish Kumar Karunakaran retired while lagging 18-21…
Young shuttler Bornil Aakash Changmai on Sunday achieved the distinction of becoming only the second Indian to win a gold medal for the country in the U15 boys’ singles category at the Badminton Asia U17 and U15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, defeating a Chinese rival in the title showdown. The 13-year-old Bornil displayed remarkable composure…
Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu fought her way to the women’s singles quarterfinals with a come-from-behind win over world No. 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia at the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Odense on Thursday. A former world champion Sindhu, who had reached the semifinals at Arctic Open last week, produced…
Danish badminton player Viktor Axelsen registered a hard-fought 21-16, 21-19 triumph against Lu Guang Zu to claim BWF China Open 2023 in Changzhou on Sunday. Early on, both players exchanged overhead smash winners, establishing the tone for a contest of the greatest calibre. Unseeded Lu forced Axelsen to battle for every point and even caused…
HS Prannoy extracted the last ounce of energy from his reservoir to stun two-time defending champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in a thrilling 68-minute quarterfinal to ensure a medal for India in the World Badminton Championship on Friday. In a nail-biter, Prannoy once again showed his big-match temperament as he fought back from a game…
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…
Former champion PV Sindhu’s wretched run continued as she bowed out of the World Championships, but HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen produced commanding performances to enter the third round in men’s singles in Copenhagen on Tuesday. The most successful Indian at World Championships with five medals, Sindhu lacked any sting in her attack and went…
Going through one of the toughest phases of her career, star India shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday reflected on her life-changing past seven years, which included winning a maiden Olympic medal in Rio, ahead of the World Championships beginning on Monday. It was on August 20 in 2016 that she grabbed the silver medal during…
A maiden medal at the Asian Games and breaking into the world’s top 5 remain on his radar but Lakshya Sen’s first priority is to extend his rich vein of form at the World Championships. And, he is counting on his recent showing to deliver the goods. After enduring a rough patch, Sen turned around…