Category: Badminton

World number one Lee Chong Wei reached the final of the All England Open for a seventh time on Saturday after rallying past Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan 10-21, 21-14, 21-9.

All England Open Badminton Championships with PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal losing their quarter-final matches to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and Sung Ji Hyun of Korea respectively on Friday. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu failed to overcome World No 1 Ying and crashed out of the championship with a straight-game loss. However, Saina put up brave show before going […]

India’s PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal moved into the women’s singles quarter-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships. Sixth seed Sindhu tamed Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine in a 21-12, 21-4 second-round victory, while eighth seed Saina thumped German qualifier Fabienne Deprez 21-18, 21-10 in 35 minutes.

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal beat defending champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the second round of the All England Open badminton championships. Eight seeded Saina defetaed Okuhara 21-15 21-14 late last night to improve her head-to-head record to 6-1 against her Japanese opponent.

Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth made a resounding start to his campaign at the German Open Grand Prix Gold, defeating Alen Roj of Slovakia in straight games. Srikanth brushed aside Alen 21-4 21-11 in a lop-sided opening round contest that lasted 21 minutes last night. He will face Japan’s Yusuke Onodera next.

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu achieved another high in her career as she became the second Indian woman to break into the top-5 of world rankings. Former world No.1 Saina Nehwal is only other Indian woman to achieve this honour. The lanky shuttler from Hyderabad, who broke into the top-10 in 2013 achieved her career-best ranking of No.5 in the […]