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Thailand Masters 2025: Indian Shuttlers Shine

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  The Indian shuttlers had a great outing as most of them progressed into the quarterfinals of the Super 300 Thailand Masters played in Bangkok, Thailand on 30 th January 2025. Kidambi Srikanth started the day on a bright note as he defeated J Gunawan of Hong Kong in two straight games. The first game was a closely fought encounter with both players fighting for each point before Srikanth held onto his nerves winning the first game at 21-19. The veteran Indian shuttler, Srikanth showed his domination in the second game right from the word go putting consistent pressure on Gunawan winning with a scoreline of 21-15 to move into the quarterfinals. He will face Wang ZX of China. J Subramanian stunned Indonesian CA Wardoyo in three thrilling games. Wardoyo dominated right from the word go not allowing any chances for the Indian to win the first game comfortably at 21-9. Subramanian provided some excellent badminton in the second game with smashes keeping the experienced Indonesia...

Hylo Open 2022: Kidambi Srikanth qualify for the semi-finals

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 The Indian shuttlers had a mixed day with only Kidambi Srikanth and the women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressing into the semi-finals of the Super 300 Hylo Open played in Germany on Saturday. French Open winners Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty lost to Ben Lane and Sean Vendy of England in two straight games. It was a closely fought affair from both pairs before Satwik and Chirag had an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, Lane, and Vendy made a strong comeback with lovely shots putting the Indian pair under pressure. The England pair won the first game easily at 21-17. The second game was a closely fought start before the Indian pair committed unforced errors. At the mid-game interval, Vendy and Lane had an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, it was one-way traffic as the England pair won the second game easily by 21-12 to knock out the Indian pair. Gayatri Gopichand and Tressa Jolly defeated Hsu Y-C and Lin W-c of Chinese Taipei i...

Swiss Open: Indian shuttlers shine to move into the quarterfinals.

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  The Indian shuttlers had a great day as Sindhu, Srikanth, Jayaram, the doubles pair of RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 300 Swiss Open played at Basel, Switzerland on Thursday. Kidambi Srikanth defeated Thomas Roxuel of France in three sets. It was an even start to the game as both players took alternate points till 4-4. After that, Srikanth played with aggression and put the opposition under pressure. At the end mid-game interval, the Indian led 11-5. After the break, Srikanth was simply unstoppable and won the first game easily at 21-10. In the second game, Rouxel made a strong comeback as Srikanth committed mistakes. Rouxel showed his class and won it easily by 21-14 to force the game into the decider. The decider was a one-sided affair as Srikanth kept his nerves winning it easily at 21-14 to progress into the quarterfinals. He will face Wangchareon of Thailand in the last 8. Ajay Jayaram stunned higher-ranked Denmark player Rasmu...