New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) While India's top hope in women's singles, P.V Sindhu made a premature exit, the men's doubles combine of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept the Tricolour fluttering by reaching the semifinals of the India Open BWF Super 750 event here on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu bowed out of the ongoing India Open 2025 after losing 9-21, 21-19, and 17-21 to Paris Olympics bronze medallist Gregoria Tunjung in the women's singles quarterfinal of the BWF World Tour Super 750 event, here on Friday. The star Indian shuttler fought hard to force a decider after losing the first set 9-21 but Tunjung managed to win the tie.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Former champion P.V. Sindhu rekindled memories of her old aggressive self while up-and-coming Kiran George kept his nerves under pressure to register straight games win while the men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came back from a game down to advance to the quarterfinals of the India Open 2025, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall here on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist P.V Sindhu progressed to the quarterfinals of the India Open 2025 with a second-round win over Japan's Manami Suizu here on Thursday. Sindhu, the 29-year-old World No. 14, outclassed her opponent 21-15, 21-13 in a 46-minute encounter at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Anupama Upadhyaya won the battle between two rising women’s singles players while Malvika Bansod and Priyanshu Rajawat put up a fight against higher-ranked opponents but ended on the losing side in the opening round of the India Open 2025 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Former World No.1 PV Sindhu began her year with a win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei 21-14, 22-20 in a 51-minute encounter in the women's singles Round of 32 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday. The two-time Olympic medallist is aiming for a successful 2025 badminton season, transitioning from personal training to group coaching, and has joined forces with Indian women's singles coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama ahead of the India Open.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Former champion PV Sindhu brushed off the rustiness of a long competition break to register a straight games win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei while late entrant Kiran George, men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto came through hard-fought encounters to reach the second round of India Open 2025 badminton tournament at the KD Jadhav Hall here on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth and Kiran George were added to the men’s singles draw of the India Open 2025 following the late withdrawal of top seed Shi Yuqi of China and eighth seed Antony Ginting of Indonesia. The withdrawal of Shi Yuqi and Antony Ginting means that the men’s and women’s singles main draws were updated according to the rules.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Indian men's doubles badminton duo of Satwik and Chirag expressed their joy of reuniting with Tan Kim Her as a coach and revealed their emotional bond with the Malaysian doubles specialist, who was the person behind the making of the "deadly duo" of Satwik and Chirag back in 2016.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen opened up about the heartbreak of missing out on a maiden Olympic medal after coming so close, admitting that 2024 was a bit tough for him but the "fire inside him is still burning" to bounce back stronger in this new Olympic cycle.
