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BWF World Championship 2019: PV Sindhu enters finals, Sai Praneeth settles for bronze

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It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu made into her 3 rd successive finals while Sai Praneeth created history by securing bronze medal at the BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Saturday. PV Sindhu crush 3 rd ranked Chen Yufei of China in two straight games at 21-7, 21-14 to move into her 3 rd successive finals. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who looked in control right from word go and never allowed her opponent to play her natural game. The Indian had a dominating 11-3 lead at the interval. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won the 1 st set easily. In the 2 nd game also, Sindhu dominated her opponent and created pressure on Chen Yufei. The Indian showed her attacking game which made life tough for the Chinese. At the interval, World number 5 led 11-7. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won 2 nd set easily to move into her 3 rd successive finals. In the last two occasions, the...

BWF World Championships 2019: PV Sindhu, Saina and Srikanth move into 3rd round

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The top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Kidambi Srikanth moved into the round of 16 of BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday. The 2-time World Championship silver medalists PV Sindhu had no problems of defeating Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in two straight sets by 21-14, 21-15 to move into the round of 16. Sindhu who took time to settle played with aggressive intent and put pressure on Pai Yu Po. The Indian then took control and won the first set at 21-14. In the 2 nd game, Sindhu started on an aggressive note-taking a 6-1 lead. The Indian made mistakes which helped Pai equal the scores at 10-10 and went into 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu showed his class and stream rolled his opponent to win the 2 nd set at 21-15. She will take on Biewen Zhang of USA in the pre-quarters on Thursday. After some injury problems, Saina Nehwal defeated the Netherlands Soraya De Visch in two straight sets by 21-10, 21-11 to ...

BWF World Championship 2019: HS Prannoy, Sai Praneeth moves into the 3rd round

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It was a good day for the Indian shuttler’s as Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 3 rd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday. HS Prannoy stunned former World Champion Lin Dan in three games by 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 to move into the 3 rd round. It was a dominating display by the Indian who never allowed Lin Dan to play his natural game and led 11-5 at the interval. The Indian continued to dominate the Chinese and won the 1 st set at 21-11. In the 2 nd game, both players took alternate points before the Chinese legend showed his class and made life tough for the Indian. Lin Dan won the 2 nd game easily to force the match into the decider. It was one-way traffic for HS Prannoy in the third set and took an 11-4 lead. After the interval, the Indian lifted his game and won it easily. He will Kento Momota in the third round. Sai Praneeth also had an easy outing getting the better of Lee Deun K of South Korea in two straight g...

BWF World Championship 2019 Day 1: Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy move into 2nd round

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It was a great start for the Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 2 nd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Monday. Sai Praneeth defeated Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada in two straight games 21-17, 21-16 to move into the 2 nd round. Both players took alternate points till 5-5 before Sai Praneeth played aggressive badminton to take an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the young Canadian player showed his talent and took 5 points in succession to reduce the gap only to 2 points. Sai showed experience and won 1 st set at 21-17. In the 2 nd game also, Sai Praneeth committed errors which the opponent took advantage of. Sai led 11-9 at the interval. The Indian dominated after the break and won 2 nd set at 21-16. HS Prannoy defeated Eetu Heino of Finland in three games by 17-21, 21-10, 21-11 to move into the 2 nd round. The Indian struggled in the 1 st game and trailed 9-11 at the inte...