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 The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Wo Ho of South Korea in the semi-finals of the Super 750 French Open played in Paris on Saturday. It was an aggressive start for the Indian pair with a 2-0 lead before the Korean equaled the scores at 7-7. Satwik and Chirag put enough pressure on Choi and Kim with an 11-7 lead at the break. After the interval, the Indian pairing looked impressive not allowing their opponents to settle. Satwik and Chirag Shetty struggled as they were hitting out or net, but the Korean pair managed to reduce the lead to just 1 point to 18-19. Choi produced an error to give the Indians two game points. Chirag Shetty showed his class with an accurate smash to give the first game at 21-18. The second game saw both pairs with rallies with alternate points at 3-3. Chirag and Satwik put enough pressure on the Korean pair not allowing them to settle with brilliant shots. Korean pair made a strong comeback reduci...

 HS Prannoy continued his impressive run with a comfortable win over Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open 2022 played in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday. The Indian dominated Gemke right from the word go not allowing him to settle with his strokes. Prannoy kept the momentum and took a commanding lead at the mid-game break. After the break, the Indian maintained his attacking play winning the first game easily at 21-14. Prannoy kept the pressure going on in the 2 nd game with attacking shots and taking a commanding lead again. After the break, the Indian looked in complete control winning the second game easily by 21-12 to move into the semi-finals of the prestigious tournament. In the other men’s singles quarterfinals, Victor Axelsen defeated Anthony Gingting in three games. The Danish player dominated the Indonesian winning it 21-13. Gingting proved his worth holding onto his nerves to win the second game by 21-19. The third game saw ...

 The Indian badminton sensation PV Sindhu had no problems in dispatching Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in straight sets played at Mushino Sports Forest Plaza, Tokyo on Thursday. Mia started off on a bright note taking 2 early points before Sindhu stormed back into the game with 4 successive points. The Indian dominated the court play and put consistent pressure on 12 th seed Danish player maintain pressure. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu had a commanding 11-6 lead. Sindhu showed her aggression playing smashes and drop shots making her opponent clueless. Mia tried to make a comeback into the game by earning points in succession. The 12 th seeded Danish fought back strongly to reduce the gap, but Sindhu showed her domination winning the first game easily at 21-15. The second game saw PV Sindhu starting off aggressively taking a commanding 5-0 lead initially. Mia looked out of sorts as she did service fault. Sindhu dominated the play with attacking strokes and putting the oppone...

 The young Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty defeated S Vendy and B Lane of Great Britain in the last Group A match played at Mushino Sports Plaza, Tokyo on Tuesday. Both teams started off on an even keel taking alternate points. The Indian pair did service fault in the initial stages before putting pressure on England pair. Chirag and Satwik hit some lovely smashes which Vendy and Lane had no answers to. At the mid-game interval, the English pair had slender 11-10 lead. After the break, Satwik and Chirag showed their domination not allowing the opposition a chance into the game winning it easily by 21-17. The second game saw the Indian pair starting off aggressively taking the initial lead. Lane and Vendy fought back strongly to take 5 points in succession. Satwik and Chirag stormed back with great attacking shots and grabbing an 11-7 lead at the break. After the interval, the Indian pair committed few unforced errors as Lane and Vendy took advantage equalizing ...

 The Indian badminton contingent had a mixed day as the young the pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty stunned the 3 rd ranked pair while Sai Praneeth lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel on the opening day played at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo on Saturday. In the Group A match, the young Indian pair stunned the World number 3 Lee Ying and Wang Chin-inn of Chinese Taipei in three grueling games. It was an aggressive start by the Indian pair who dominated the initial stages taking a commanding 7-2 lead. Despite the Chinese Taipei efforts, Chirag and Satwik had an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the Indian pair upped the ante not allowing the world number 3 to comeback into the game-winning first game easily at 21-16. The second game saw the Chinese Taipei pair showing great skills and converting most of the chances, but Chirag and Satwik kept the pressure back. Despite the efforts of Indians, Lee and Wang took a decent lead at the interval. Aft...

  The excitement is almost over as three Indian shuttlers including PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, and the men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty will feature in prestigious tournament starting from 24 th July played at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza. PV Sindhu who won the silver medal during the 2016 Rio Olympics has been placed with Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova in Group J. The Indian would fancy her chances to top the group making it into the round of 16 matches. The top player in each group will qualify for the knockout stages. The men’s singles star Sai Praneeth will take on Mark Calijouw of Netherlands and Misha Zilberman of Israel in the league stage. Sai would be looking to play attacking badminton and top the pool making it into the next round. Satiwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty has been placed in Group A along with Sanjaya Sukamujo and Marcus Gideon of Indonesia, Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taip...

  The Indian challenge ended as PV Sindhu crashed out in the semi-finals losing to Pornpawee Chocuwong of Thailand at All England Badminton Championship 2021 played at Birmingham, England on Saturday. It was a good start by Sindhu who hit well attacking smashes and put the Thai player under pressure taking an early 3-1 lead. Chochuwong made aggressive moves and kept Indian check playing smashes. At the mid-game interval, the Thai player had an 11-6 lead. After the break, Chochuwong maintained the lead and kept Sindhu under pressure with commanding a 14-7 lead. The Indian surged back into the game with good attacking play reducing the gap to 16-17. Sindhu committed lots of errors as the Thai player won the first game easily at 21-17. In the second game, Chocwong dominated Sindhu right from the word go and never allowed the Indian a chance in the game. Thai player hit lovely smashes that Indian had no answer. At the mid-game interval, Chochuwong led 11-3. After the break, the Tha...

  PV Sindhu was the only Indian shuttler to make it into the finals while Kidambi Srikanth and men’s doubles pair of RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty lost at the Super 300 Swiss Open played at Basel, Switzerland on Saturday.   PV Sindhu defeated Denmark’s Mia Blichedft of Denmark in two straight sets. In the first game, both players took alternate points and maintained this till 8-8. Sindhu played with aggression and had an 11-8 lead at the interval. After the break, the Indian dominated the Danish player taking 17-12 lead. Blichedft took 5 points in succession as Sindhu committed few mistakes and leveled the scores at 17-17. Both players continued this till 20-20 before the Indian won the first game at 22-20. The second game saw Sindhu dominating the Danish player with smashes and drops shots. Sindhu was simply unstoppable taking an 11-5 lead at the interval. After the break, the Indian maintained the domination winning it at 21-10 to qualify for the finals. It was Sindhu’s f...

  The Indian shuttlers had a great outing as most of them moved into the second round of the Super 300 Swiss Open 2021 played at Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday. Kidambi Srikanth defeated Indian counterpart Sameer Verma in a thrilling match going into 3 sets. It was a brilliant start for Sameer who created pressure on Srikanth taking lead right from word go. At the mid-game interval, Sameer took an 11-5 lead. After the break, Srikanth tried to make a comeback into the game with brilliant attacking play, but Sameer held his nerves to win the first game at 21-18. In the second game, Srikanth made a strong comeback putting pressure on Sameer. It was an amazing display making life tough for his counterpart. After taking a mid-game break at the interval, despite Sameer's efforts, Srikanth won the second game at 21-18. The third game was a dominating display by Srikanth who never allowed his opponent to comeback into the match and won the third game easily at 21-11 to move into the...

  It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers as the mixed doubles and men’s doubles pair qualified for the semi-finals of the Toyota Super 1000 event played at Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. The mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated the fifth-seeded Malaysian pair of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in a thrilling encounter. It was a thrilling start to the first game as both pairs took alternate points till 5-5. Chang and Liu played with aggression putting the Indian pair under pressure with smashes. At the mid-game interval, the Malaysian pair had an 11-8 lead. After the interval, RankiReddy, and Chirag Shetty made a strong comeback into the game by leveling the scores at 13-13. Both pairs fought for each point, but the Malaysian pair held their nerves to win the first game at 21-18. The second game saw the Malaysian team starting on a bright note putting the pressure back on the Indians with smashes, but the Indian pair made a strong comeba...

  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and 3 other Indians moved into the quarterfinals of Toyota Super 1000 Thailand Open played in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. After stunning the eight seeded Lee Jii Zia of Malaysia, Sameer Verma defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in two straight sets. Sameer looked in great touch right from the word go and put the Denmark player under pressure. The Indian showed domination to take an 11-5 lead at the interval. After the mid-game interval, Sameer continued his aggression keeping the pressure on the opponent winning the first game at 21-12. In the second game, Gemke started off brightly with 3-1 and 5-3 leads but Sameer Verma fought back strongly to level the scores at 6-6. The Indian never looked back from there winning the second set easily at 21-9 to move into the quarterfinals.   He will take on 3 rd seeded Anders Anderson of Denmark. The mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj RankiReddy defeat...

  It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth moved into the quarterfinals of the Super 750 Denmark Open played at Odense on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth progressed into the quarterfinals with a convincing win over Anthony Ho-shue of Canada in two straight sets. It was a dominating performance by the Indian who showed his class and never allowed his opponent to comeback into the game. The first game saw Srikanth play with aggression and put the Canadian player under pressure with his smashes. At the interval, the Indian led 11-8. After the break, the Indian continued his domination and looked in complete control winning the set at 21-15. In the second game, Anthony had a much better start with good smashes and drop shots as Srikanth committed few mistakes. The Canadian took an 8-5 lead before the Indian showed his class to win six successive points to take an 11-8 lead at the interval. After the break, Srikanth made light work of his opposition and won the secon...

  It was a historic moment for Indian badminton fans as Sai Praneeth won a medal at the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on 24 th August 2019. Sai Praneeth had a great start to the tournament as he defeated J-Ho-Shue of Canada in two straight sets by 21-17, 21-16. It was a dominating performance by the Indian star who looked shaky at the start but played with aggressive intent and won the match easily to move into the 2 nd round. In the 2 nd round of the tournament, Praneeth defeated Korean L D-k of South Korea in a comfortable manner by 21-16, 21-15. The Indian dominated the game right from word go and never allowed the Korean player a chance to comeback into it to qualify for the third round. The 16 th ranked Indian player faced a tough opponent in the third round facing Anthony Gingting. It was a close first game with both players fighting for each point, but Sai held his nerves to win the first set at 21-19. The second game saw the Indian domin...

  On 19 th August 2016, history was created as PV Sindhu became the first Indian women’s player to win a silver medal played at the Riocentro Convention and Event Centre. Sindhu took on Spain Carolina Marin in the women’s singles finals. It was a strong start by the Indian player who played with aggression and made life tough for the World Champion. After the break, Marin came back strongly putting pressure on Sindhu. From 16-19 down, Sindhu bounced back with vengeance and took 5 points in succession to take the first game at 21-19. In the 2 nd game, Marin played with aggression and never allowed the Indian a chance to come back into the game-winning it easily at 21-12 to make the tie at 1-1. The deciding game saw Carolina Marin started off to an aggressive start taking a 6-1 lead. Sindhu never gave up and from 4-9 down came back strongly leveling the game at 10-10. At the interval, Carolina Marin had a slender lead of 11-10. Marin stepped up the game after the interval as ...

The young Indian pair of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty created history as they won Super 500 Thailand Open played at Bangkok, Thailand on 4 th August 2019. It was an amazing performance by the Indian pair who defeated number 3 rd ranked Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in grueling three sets by 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 to win their first major title at an international level. The Indian pair was against a formidable Chinese opponent who won the World Champion. It was a positive start for the Indians as they equaled the score 3-3 and then took a 10-6 lead. After the interval, the Chinese pair came back strongly to level the score at 14-14. RankiReddy and Chirag played with an attacking approach to make it 20-18. Despite the Chinese took the next point, the Indian pair held their nerves winning the first game at 21-19. It was a great start for the Indian pair in the 2 nd  the game also taking a 6-2 lead. The Chinese pair reduced the gap to 5-6. At the interval,...

In good news for all badminton fans, the Indian teams’ groups for the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup have been announced by the Badminton World Federation. The Thomas and Uber Cup was postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. It was supposed to be held from 16 th -24 th May but rescheduled from 15 th -23 rd August. The Badminton World Federation postponed it in October due to the situation prevailing in the world. After the All England Badminton Championship played in March, no tournament has been possible due to the global health crisis. Indian men’s team has been clubbed in Group C with defending Champions Denmark, Germany, and Algeria. In the 2018 edition, Indian men did not qualify for the knockout stage. Group A comprises of 13-time champions Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, and England. China, Chinese Taipei, Australia, and France consists of Group B. Group D comprises of Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Canada. The top two teams in each group will qualify for t...

PV Sindhu has become the golden girl of Indian badminton after Saina Nehwal. She turns 25 today and achieved a lot of medals in her international career so far. Sindhu won a gold medal in the Asian Junior Championships played at Gimcheon in 2012 in the singles category.   Apart from that, she won a bronze medal in the singles and mixed team event during the 2011 edition played in Lucknow. She made her international debut in 2009. To date, Sindhu has a total career record of 326 wins and 139 losses. Apart from that, she has won so far 15 titles. Her performance has been exceptional in World Championships. In the 2013 and 2014 editions, Sindhu won a bronze medal. She bettered her performance in the 2017 edition winning the silver medal losing to Nozomi Okuhara in the 2 nd longest matches in women’s singles. She faltered again in the 2018 edition finishing second played at Nanjing.  She was a part of the team which won the historic bronze medal of the prestigi...

The great of world badminton has announced its retirement on 3 rd July. He began his junior-level career by winning the Badminton Asia Junior Championship held at Kyoto in 2000 at Boys singles. In 1999, he won a bronze medal in doubles category in Yangon. With the Chinese boys’ team, Lin Dan was a part of the team which won the Asia Badminton Team Championship in 2000. He won the bronze medal in the men’s singles of boy’s singles of World Junior Championships in 2000 played in Guangzhou. Apart from the bronze medal, he was a part of the team which won the mixed team event of World Junior Championships in 2000 played in Guangzhou. Lin Dan's professional career began in the year 2001. He reached the finals of the tournament and lost to his Chinese compatriot Xia Xuanze. His first international title came at the 2002 Korea Open. He finished with a career record with 666 wins and 128 losses. The left-handed badminton from China won a staggering 66 titles overall. The Ch...