Sydney, June 12 (IANS) Indian shuttlers had a mixed day at the Australian Open 2024 with the top male player and fifth seed H.S. Prannoy and women's eighth seed Aakarshi Kashyap advancing into the second round in their respective categories on Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur, June 11 (IANS) India's top-ranked doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have lost their World No. 1 title and dropped two places in the latest BWF rankings released on Tuesday. The duo have dropped to third place in the rankings after making a first-round exit in the Singapore Open. Satwik-Chirag claimed the numero uno spot in the men's doubles rankings after lifting the Thailand Open last month.
Jakarta, June 5 (IANS) Two-time Olympic medallist P.V Sindhu went down to World No. 10 Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open BWF Super 1000 Series event here on Wednesday.
Jakarta, June 4 (IANS) Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat won their respective men's singles matches to reach the second round as did the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela in the Indonesia Open 2024 BWF Super 1000 event. Lakshya defeated Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-12, 21-17 in 40 minutes on Court 2 at Istora Senayan Sports Palace in the Indonesia capital on Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Sania Nehwal has congratulated the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for winning the majority in the Lok Sabha results for the third consecutive term.
Pune, June 3 (IANS) Para-badminton player Aarti Patil made a bronze medal-winning return to the international circuit after a leg injury that had kept her out of action for months and she is now aiming for a top-10 ranking by August to be eligible to play Level 1 tournaments on the BWF circuit.
Singapore, June 1 (IANS) Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's remarkable journey at the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament came to an end on Saturday, as the Indian women's doubles pair bowed out in the semifinals after a 21-23,11-21 defeat against Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.
Singapore, May 30 (IANS) The Indian women's doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Singapore Open BWF Super 750 Series badminton event after ace shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy bowed out of the tournament here on Thursday.
Singapore, May 29 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu advanced to the second round of the women’s singles section of the Singapore Open BWF Super 750 badminton tournament, beating World No. 21 Line Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 22-20. However, in men’s singles, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth retired out in the opening round.
Singapore, May 28 (IANS) World no. 1 Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered an opening round exit of the Singapore Open BWF Super 750 after losing 20-22, 18-21 to World ranked 34 Swiss duo of Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard. Earlier in the women’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap lost 19-21, 20-22 to Pornpicha Choeikeewong of Thailand in the Round of 32.
