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  It was a good outing for the Indian Shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu moved into the second round of the Super 750 French Open played in Paris on 6 th March 2024. Kidambi Srikanth stunned Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in three grueling games. The Indian showed his class putting the opponent under immense pressure with smashes and drop shots. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth led 11-7. After the mid-game interval, it was one-way traffic for Srikanth winning the first comfortably at 21-15. The second game saw both players fighting for each point initially before Srikanth showed his class taking an 11-8 lead at the break. After the break, Chou made a strong comeback to take 3 points in succession to level it at 11-11. Both players showed their fighting spirit before Chou held onto his nerves, winning by 22-20. It was a closely fought start initially in the third game before an injury happened to Chou. Srikanth took the advantage and had a commanding lead at the ...

 The Indian shuttlers will look to showcase their skills in front of the home crowd when they take part in the Super 750 Indian Open that will take place from 16 th January at KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. In the men’s singles, HS Prannoy will have a tough challenge taking on Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the first round. He had a disappointing outing when he was knocked out in the first round of the Malaysia Open 2024 to Anders Anotsen in straight sets. Lakshya Sen will face Pranshu Rajawat in the first round during an all-India clash. Sen lost in the first round of the Malaysia Open while Rajawat will play for the 1 st time this year. Kidambi Srikanth would take on Lee Chik Yu of Hong Kong in the first round. He lost in the second round of Malaysia after stunning Jonathan Christie. There will be no participation in the women’s singles section as PV Sindhu is recovering from an injury that kept her out of action. Satwik/Chirag Shetty will look to continue ...

  It was a great day for Indian shuttlers as Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth won their first-round matches of Super 1000 Indonesia Open in Jakarta, Indonesia on 14 June 2023. Lakshya Sen defeated Lee Zi Jia of Malaysia in two straight games. Both players looked out of form this year and needed some motivation. It was a great performance by Sen who played with aggression and made life tough for his opponent. After the initial struggle, Jia showed his power taking slender 11-10 lead at the break. After the interval, Sen looked sharp winning the first game easily by 21-17. The second game was one-sided affair as Sen dominated right from the word go and kept pressure on the Malaysian winning it by 21-13 to move into the second round. It was an impressive performance by Sen who played with precision while Lee looked out of sorts and made unforced errors. Kidambi Srikanth cruised past to the second round with straight game win over Lu Gungazu of China. The Indian played with aggre...

 It was a great start for Indian shuttlers on the European tour as Kidambi Srikanth and the women’s doubles pairing of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand moved into the second round with contrasting wins in Super 750 event played at Odense, Denmark on Tuesday. Kidambi Srikanth started his campaign with a shaky 3 sets win over Na Ka Long Anus of Hong Kong. The Indian struggled initially but played some lovely smashes to put the opponent under pressure. At the mid-game break, Long had an 11-8 lead. After the break, the Hong Kong player looked too strong as Kidambi Srikanth committed unforced errors. The Indian showed great courage to reduce the gap by 3 points. Long won the first game easily at 21-17. The second game saw Srikanth making aggressive moves and putting his opponent under pressure. He made lots of unforced errors but Indian had a slender 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, Srikanth showed his class by not allowing his opponent comeback into game-winning it ...

 The top Indian shuttlers did not have a great day as Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen lost out in the first round of the prestigious Super 1000 Indonesia Open 2022 played in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday. In an all-Indian match, Lakshya Sen suffered a shock loss to HS Prannoy in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Prannoy winning by 21-10, 21-9 to move into the second round. He will face Na Ka Long Anus of Hong Kong who defeated Rhusvatito of Indonesia by 21-17, 11-21, 21-16. Kidambi Srikanth suffered a straight-game loss to 41st-ranked Brice Leverdez of France. The Indian showed skills with an 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, Leverdez upped the game and put Srikanth under pressure winning the first game at 23-21. The second game saw French player dominating winning it easily by 21-10 to move into the second round. He will face Rasmus Gemke of Denmark who defeated Kento Momota in three games by 21-19, 19-21, 21-14. The men’s doubles pair...

 It was another mixed day for the Indian contingent as 2 of them moved into the quarterfinals of the prestigious Badminton Asia Championship 2022 played in Manila, the Philippines on Thursday. PV Sindhu had no problems defeating Yue Yann Jasyln in two straight games. It was a good start by Yue putting enough pressure on the Indian equalizing score at 6-6. The unseeded player took a slender 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu showed great fight and courage to put Yue service under pressure. The Indian dominated the opposition and registered a comfortable 21-16 win in the first game. The second game saw both players taking alternate points before Sindhu took an 11-8 lead at the interval. After the break, it was one-way traffic as the Indian never looked in trouble and won the game easily at 21-16 despite Yue's efforts. With this win, Sindhu moves into the quarterfinals. She will play He Bingjao of China. Sindhu will be looking to continue her impressive run as sh...

 The Indian shuttlers had a mixed day in the offering with 3 of them qualified for the next round of the prestigious Asia Badminton Championship 2022 played in Manila, the Philippines on Wednesday. PV Sindhu had to dig deep before defeating Pai Po of Chinese Taipei in three games. The first game was a closely fought affair as the Indian held his nerves to win the first game 21-18. It was a very fought 2 nd game with both players fighting for each point with Sindhu taking an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, both players fought but this time, Pai Yu Po held her nerves to win it 27-25. It was a close-fought start for both players. The Indian dominated her opponent in the third game after the initial struggle and took an 11-4 lead at the interval. She continued to dominate winning it easily by 21-9 to move into the second round. She will face Saina Nehwal made a strong comeback after an injury winning her game against Sim Yu Jin of South Korea in three games. It was a...

 The Indian shuttlers continue to shine on the big stage as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth moved into the semi-finals of the Super 500 Korea Open played at Palma Indoor Stadium, Suncheon on Friday. PV Sindhu looked in complete control right from the word go and did not allow her Thailand opponent a sniff. The Indian showed domination over Busnan winning the match in two straight games by 21-10, 21-16 to move into the semi-finals. It was a superb performance by the Indian keeping pressure on the opposition. She will now face An Seyoung of South Korea. Kidambi Srikanth showed great fight and courage to defeat Son-W-Ho of South Korea in three thrilling games. The Indian dominated the first game not allowing the South Korean opponent a chance to win it easily by 21-12. The second game saw both players fighting for each point before the South Korean player held his nerves to win it by 21-18 forcing the match into the decider. Kidambi Srikanth showed domination in the decider and k...

 The Indian shuttlers had a good outing as three top players made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 500 Korea Open 2022 played at Suechon on Thursday. PV Sindhu looked in great touch right from the word go putting the opposition under immense pressure. The Indian showed intent on keeping pressure on Aya Ohori of Japan and won the first game easily by 21-15. The second game started off positively with both players taking points before Sindhu took an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, it was one-way traffic as the Indian won it by 21-10 to move into the quarterfinals. She will face Busnan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand. It was curtains for Malvika Bansod as she lost to Chochowong in two straight games. The Thai player looked in great shape right from the word winning it by 21-8, 21-14. Bansod defeated a higher-ranked Chinese player during the first round. Sindhu is the only female shuttler left in the fray. All Indian badminton fans would be hoping to see the Indian per...

 Despite Kidambi Srikanth losing the final against Loh of Singapore, it was history created as two Indian shuttlers made it into the podium of BWF World Championship 2021 played at Carolina Marin Stadium, Huelva on Sunday. The Indian started looking nervous in the initial stages trailing by 1-3. After that, Srikanth made a strong surge with successive points to take a 9-3 lead. It was a superb display of badminton by the Indian producing half-smashes and cross-court smashes to take an 11-7 lead at the interval. Loh made a strong comeback taking four successive points in successive leveling scores at 11-11. The Singapore player dominated the rallies and kept pressure with a commanding lead. It was an aggressive display of badminton by Loh to win the first game easily at 21-15. It was a superb beginning for Srikanth in the 2 nd game also taking the initial 3-2 lead and then made it 9-6 with smashes putting Singapore player under pressure. Loh did not panic taking points in succe...

 Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu made winning starts to the prestigious BWF World Tour finals played at Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday. Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost to Japan Nami Matsuyama and Shida in Group B match of Japan in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by the Japanese pair in the first game-winning it 21-14. Despite giving some tough fight during the 2 nd game, Nami and Matsuyama won it 21-18. They will now face Gabriela Steova and Stefani Stevoa of Bulgaria in do or die match tomorrow. Stevoa Sisters won their opening match against Chole Birch and Lauren Smith in two straight games 21-12, 21-11. The men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Kim Astrup and Rasmussen of Denmark in a Group A match. It was an aggressive start by both pairs as they took alternate points. At the mid-game interval, the Denmark pair took a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, both pairs took alternate points before Astrup and Rasmussen...

 After the Indonesia Open 2021 tournament, 7 Indian shuttlers will take part in the prestigious BWF World Tour finals starting from 1 st December 2021. PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen progressed through with good performances. In the women’s doubles category, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy made it into the prestigious tournament after some decent performances. The young Indian pairing of Satwik and Chirag made it into the top 8 as one of the Japanese opponents lost in the semi-finals of Indonesia Open 2021. Apart from the mixed doubles, the Indian shuttlers qualified for the rest of the categories. PV Sindhu is the only Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals. The top two players in each group qualify for the semi-finals. Here we look at the Groups of BWF World Tour finals Men’s Singles Group A Victor Axselen Rasmus Gemke Kento Momota Lakshya Sen   Group B Lee Zii Jia Kidambi Srikanth Kunlavut Vitidsarn Toma Junior Popov   Wom...

 It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as three of them made it into the second round of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Bali on Wednesday. PV Sindhu registered a hard-fought win over Aya Ohori of Japan in three games. It was a brilliant start by the Japanese to put the Indian under pressure with smashes. The Indian showed glimpses of her attacking play, but Ohori took an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu made a strong comeback to take points in succession and level scores at 15-15. Ohori kept the Indian under pressure winning the first game with a scoreline of 21-17. The second game saw Ohori taking an early 4-0 lead. After the initial setback, Indian showed great intent putting the Japanese under immense pressure taking a decent lead at the interval. Despite Ohori's fightback, Sindhu held her nerves to win the second game with 21-17. The Japanese started the decider on a positive note taking the initial lead. Sindhu forced back into the match t...

 The Indian shuttlers had a good opening day of Super 1000 French Open 2021 played in Paris, France on Wednesday. Kidambi Srikanth played his heart out before losing to World number 1 Kento Momota in thrilling three games. It was a great start by the Indian taking an early 4-0 lead initially before Momota leveled the score. Srikanth then took an 8-5 lead before the Japanese took a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, Momota took points in succession as Indian fought back strongly to level the scores at 18-18. The World number 1 won the first game at 21-18. It was a see-saw battle in the second game as both players took alternate points. At the mid-game interval, Momota took an 11-9 lead at the interval. After the break, Momota showed class and had two match points before Srikanth took four points in succession to game into the decider. In the deciding game, both players showed their intent as Srikanth took a 9-6 lead. At the mid-game interval, Momota took a slender 11-10 l...

  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...

  It was a mixed day for Indian badminton stars as 3 made it into the semi-finals of the Super 300 Swiss Open played at Basel, Switzerland on Friday. The mixed doubles pair of SatwikRankiReddy and Ashwini Ponnappa went down fighting to Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in three sets. It was a great start by the Malaysian pair who played with aggressive smashes and kept on putting pressure on the Indian pair. At the mid-game interval, Tan and Lai led 11-7. After the mid-game break, RankiReddy and Ponnappa made a strong comeback into the game by taking points in succession to level the score at 13-13. The Malaysian pair took 3 points in succession taking a 17-14 lead. Despite the Indian pair fighting back, Tan and Lai won the first set easily at 21-17. In the second game, the Indian pair made a strong comeback into the game with smashes and put the Malaysian pair under pressure. Satwik and Ponnappa had a lead at the interval. After the interval, the Indian pair maintained their domi...

  It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth lost his last group match while PV Sindhu ended with a consolation win in the BWF World Tour finals played at Bangkok, Thailand on Friday. Srikanth ends the tournament with a loss Srikanth ended the tournament with another close loss to Na Ka Long Anus of Hong Kong, China in three grueling sets. The first game saw Srikanth starting with an aggressive start before Na Kong Long leveled the scores. Indian showed great fighting spirit putting the Hong Kong player under pressure with his smashes. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth took an 11-8 lead. After the interval, Srikanth maintained his dominance over Hong Kong player winning the first game easily at 21-12. The second game saw Na Ka Long played with aggression and put the Indian under pressure. After the initial stages, both players fought for each point before Na Ka Long had a lead at the interval. The Indian made a strong comeback to level the scores at 13-1...

  It was a disappointing day for the Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their second matches and knocked out of the BWF World Tour finals played in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. Srikanth goes down fighting to Wang Tzu Wei Kidambi Srikanth played his heart out as he lost to Wang Tzu Wei in a thrilling contest that went right down the wire. In the opening game, the Indian took an early 4-2 lead before Wang showed his class by taking in succession to increase the lead at 8-5. Both players fought for each point with long rallies putting the opposition under pressure. At the mid-game interval, Srikanth had a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, the Indian maintained a strong lead before Wang created enough pressure and gave a scare to Srikanth. A superb shot on the backline helped Srikanth take the first game at 21-19. The second game saw Wang played with aggression and put Srikanth under immense pressure. It was an amazing display of the Chinese Taipei playe...

  The Indian challenge ended as Kidambi Srikanth goes down fighting in the quarterfinals of the Super 750 Denmark Open played at Odense on Friday. It was a good start to the first game for K Srikanth who played with aggression and put World number 2 on backfoot. Chou Tien Chen fought back strongly to level the scores at 10-10. At the interval, Srikanth had a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, it was a neck to neck to battle between these two players as the Indian showed his class to level the scores at 17-17. The All England silver medallists of 2020, Chou had a match point but Srikanth saved the match point. The Indian showed his class and won the first set at 22-20. In the second game, Chou played some brilliant badminton at the start. Srikanth kept up with pace against the top quality Chinese Taipei player. The Indian played some brilliant smashes and delightful lifts. Chou had a decent lead at the mid-game interval. After the interval, Chou showed his class to win the ...