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 The top Indian shuttlers registered impressive wins on the opening day of BWF World Championship 2022 played in Tokyo on Monday. It was a decent day for male shuttlers as HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches. The only disappointment was Sai Praneeth giving a tough fight for world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. It was a very closely fought affair as Sai lost the match by 15-21, 21-15, and 15-21 to be knocked out of the tournament. Sai looked in great shape in the second game, but Chou upped his game-winning first and third games easily. Lakshya Sen continued his impressive form defeating Hans Kristian Vittinghus in straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen winning it by 21-12, 21-11. There were long rallies in the second game as Sen took an 11-6 lead. After the break, the experienced Danish committed lots of unforced errors. He will take on Spain Enqriue Penalver. HS Prannoy produced a dominating performance as he ...

 It was another good day for the Indian shuttlers as 3 out of 4 qualified for the quarterfinals stage of Super 1000 Indonesia Open 2021 played at Bali on Thursday. PV Sindhu had no problems defeating Germany Y Li in two straight games. It was a dominating display by the Indian who showed aggressive play right from word go and made life tough for the opponent. Sindhu won the first game easily at 21-12. The second game was a much closer fight but the Indian closed the game out by 21-18 to move into the quarterfinals. She will face Sim Y J of South Korea. Sai Praneeth survived a scare beating Pre qualifier Christo Popov of France in three games. The Indian started the first game on a positive note putting pressure on the qualifier with an 11-7 lead at the interval. Popov made a strong comeback into the match taking points in succession to level scores and then take lead. Praneeth experience came to the fore as he held his nerves winning the first game at 21-17. The second game s...

  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...

The top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth moved into the 2 nd round of the Super 750 Denmark Open played at Odense Sports Park, Odense on Tuesday. PV Sindhu defeated Maria Georgia Tunjung in two straight sets by 22-20, 21-18. It was a struggle for the World Championship who was trailing 13-16 and was forced to save a match point at 19-20. Sindhu took 3 points in succession to win the first set at 22-20. In the 2 nd game also, Sindhu struggled to find her rhythm who was trailing 6-9. She continued to trail at 16-17, but the Indian took 4 points in succession to win the second set at 21-17 to move into the 2 nd round. She will take on An Se Young of South Korea. Sai Praneeth stunned the former World Champion and legend Lin Dan in two straight sets at 21-14, 21-17. It was a dominating display by the Indian who looked in great control right from word go. In the first game, both players took alternate points till 8-8. Sai then took 3 points in succession to take a 11...

It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Sai Praneeth crashed out in the first round of the Super 500 tournament played at Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday. In the women’s singles, PV Sindhu lost to Zheng Biewen of The USA in three sets by 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 to be knocked out in the first round. The World Championship showed aggression in the first game and won it easily by 21-7. In the second set, both players fought for each point. Sindhu had a match point but Zheng did not give up and won the 2 nd set by 24-22. In the third and deciding game, the Indian lost the plot and was knocked out in the first round. Saina Nehwal also lost to Kim Ga Eun of South Korea in three sets by 21-19, 18-21, 1-8 retired. The first game was a close-fought game as Saina held her nerves to win the first set at 21-19. In the 2 nd game, the Korean made a strong fightback and did not allow the Indian to play her natural game winning the 2 nd set. In the t...

The Indian challenge ended as Sai Praneeth went down fighting to Anthony Gingting of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Friday. It was a great start for Sai who started the 1 st game on an aggressive note-taking a 3-0 lead and continued to build on the lead. At the interval, the Indian led 11-3. After the interval, Ginting reduced the gap to 11-14 but Sai took 1 st game at 21-16. Ginting bounced back strongly in the 2 nd game taking a 9-4 lead. At the interval, the Indonesian took an 11-4 lead at the interval. After the interval, it was a dominating performance by Ginting who never gave chance to Sai and won 2 nd set easily at 21-6. The Indonesian had a perfect start to the deciding game as he took a 6-2 lead. Sai Praneeth made a strong comeback with aggressive smashes and drop shots to have 11-7 lead at the interval. After the interval, Ginting proved his worth taking 6 points into the lead at 13-12. Sai committed a lot ...

It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent as the World Championship PV Sindhu crashed out in the 2 nd round of Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Thursday. Sai Praneeth was the only to move into the quarterfinals. In the men’s singles, Sai Praneeth defeated Lu Gz of China in two straight games at 21-19, 21-19. It was a decent performance by bronze medallists from 2019 World Championship. The Indian showed great fighting spirit and proved his worth with aggressive stroke play not allowing the Chinese to play his natural game. He will take on Anthony Ginting of Indonesia. Parupali Kashyap lost to Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in two straight sets by 21-23, 21-15, 12-21 to be knocked out. The 1 st game was closely fought game but Ginting held his nerves to win the 1 st set. Kashyap produced a dominating display to win the 2 nd set and force the match into the decider. In deciding game, Ginting raised his game and won deciding game. The World Championsh...

PV Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara in two straight sets by 21-7, 21-7 to become the 1 st Indian shuttler to win a gold medal at the World Championships played at Basel, Switzerland played on Sunday. After losing 2 successive finals in 2017 and 2018, Sindhu looked in good shape. With the help of foreign coach Kim Jyun-Hung, the gold medallists improved her stroke play and did a lot of strength training which helped her in winning long rallies. The Indian started the tournament on a confident note beating Pai Yu Po in straight games by 21-14, 21-15. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who played with aggression and just dominated the Chinese Taipei opponent.  PV Sindhu cruised to an easy 21-14, 21-6 over Biewen Zhang of the USA in two straight games. It was another dominating display by the Indian who played showed her class and never allowed a chance for her opponent to come back into the game. Sindhu faced the toughest opponent of Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfin...

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...

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...

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...