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Frank admission: Prannoy acknowledged that he wasn’t at his best the last few months. | Photo Credit: Getty Images For over a decade, H.S. Prannoy has been Indian badminton’s quiet engine – the fighter who kept turning up, grinding and powering the country’s rise on the world stage when the spotlight was elsewhere. But this…
India’s Tanvi Sharma. File. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Newly-crowned Taipei Open champion Tanvi Sharma led a strong Indian showing in the women’s singles, but former world championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth suffered an opening-round exit in men’s singles as India endured a mixed day at the Korea Masters Super 300 badminton tournament here…
India’s hopes of reclaiming the title ended in disappointment as they went down 0-3 to France in the semifinals of the Thomas Cup Finals, settling for a bronze medal here on Saturday. The absence of Lakshya Sen proved costly as HS Prannoy joined Ayush Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth in defeat, losing 19-21, 16-21 to world…
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File image of Kidambi Srikanth.© AFP Former world no.1 Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round of the Thailand Masters BWF Super 300 event with a straight-game win over his opponent here on Wednesday. Srikanth defeated Israel’s Danii Dubovenko 21-13 21-18 in the men’s singles opening round. This is Srikanth’s second straight win…
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Ahead of the Indonesia Masters 2025, former India world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth opened up on his preparations for the tournament where he went on to say that for him it is important for him is to play well and give his best in the game. Along with Srikant, ace Indian shuttlers PV…
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File photo of PV Sindhu© AFP Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and ace men’s shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will continue their European grind at the Madrid Spain Masters tournament, beginning on Tuesday. Last year’s finalist Sindhu, seeded second here, will square off against Wen Yu Zhang of Canada in the round-of-32 contest, while seventh seed Srikanth…
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Kidambi Srikanth lost 21-15, 9-21, 18-21 against world No. 22 Lin Chun-Yi.© AFP Kidambi Srikanth’s Swiss Open 2024 journey came to an unfortunate end as India’s ace shuttler suffered defeat in the men’s singles semi-finals at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel. Srikanth lost 21-15, 9-21, 18-21 against world No. 22 Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese…
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Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second round of the women’s singles competition but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth faltered in the opening hurdle of men’s singles at the All England Championships on Tuesday. World No. 11 Sindhu, a former world champion, won the first game 21-10 but her German opponent, world No….
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India’s Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men’s singles second round with a stunning win over Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen but HS Prannoy fell short to make an early exit from French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris on Wednesday. The world No 24 Srikanth, who is racing against time to qualify for the…
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File image of Kidambi Srikanth© AFP India’s ace shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen bowed out of the French Open Super 750 tournament after losing their respective men’s singles matches Rennes on Wednesday. The first to take to the court at the Glaz Arena was Srikanth, who was shown the door by Toma Junior Popov…
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