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Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament due to a back injury that troubled him during his maiden bronze medal-winning run at the recently-concluded Asian Games. The 31-year-old Indian had battled excruciating back pain to secure India’s first medal in men’s singles in 41 years at Hangzhou…
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File image of PV Sindhu© AFP Indian shuttler PV Sindhu ended her Arctic Open 2023 campaign with a loss in the women’s singles semi-finals at the Vantaa Energia Areena in Finland on Saturday. PV Sindhu, 13th in the badminton rankings, lost 12-21, 21-11, 7-21 to the People’s Republic of China’s Wang Zhi Yi. PV Sindhu,…
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Vantaa : India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu is set to play the semi-final on Saturday after winning the quarter-finals of the Arctic Open 2023 women’s singles event to defeat Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen at the Vantaa Energia Areena in Finland. PV Sindhu defeated the world No. 26 shuttler in three straight games, winning 20-22, 22-20,…
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File image of PV Sindhu© Twitter Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the women’s singles event of the Arctic Open Super 500 badminton tournament, but it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth in men’s singles in Vantaa on Thursday. Sindhu, seeded eighth here, took just 38 minutes to breeze past Chinese Taipei’s…
The struggle of Indian women shuttlers in the BWF circuit is quite apparent but Saina Nehwal has backed her colleagues by saying that even the strong Chinese players are finding it difficult to dish out strong performances on a consistent basis and hoped that the lean patch of the singles players will end soon. In…
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India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the first round of the Arctic Open 2023 women’s singles event in Vantaa Finland on Tuesday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, beat the Japanese shuttler 21-13, 21-6 at the Vantaa Energia Areena. In their 19th head-to-head match, PV Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara for the 10th…
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The star Indian men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the number one spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings on Tuesday, becoming the first duo from the country to reach the landmark. Following their gold medal win at the men’s doubles competition at the recently concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou,…
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A valiant HS Prannoy battled his way to the semifinals, becoming only the first Indian in 41 years to win a badminton medal in men’s singles at the Asian Games but it was curtains for PV Sindhu in women’s singles on Thursday. Playing with a taping on his lower back and a belt under his…
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Kidambi Srikanth bowed out but top men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came up with a smashing performance to enter the quarterfinals as India had a mixed day in office in badminton competition of the Asian Games on Wednesday. In a contest that lasted a marathon 84 minutes, Satwik and Chirag prevailed…
Indian women’s badminton team thrashed Mongolia 3-0 to sail into the quarterfinals of the team championships of the Asian Games here on Thursday. In a clash between two lop-sided sides, it was two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu who started the proceedings with a 21-3 21-3 win over Myagmartseren Ganbaatar in the first singles.(Asian Games…
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