Category: Badminton

India’s Saina Nehwal came from a game down to beat Hanna Ramadini 21-23, 21-14, 21-18 to reach the second round of the Macau Open on Wednesday.

Olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu’s quest for a second successive women’s singles title ended in disappointment after she went down in straight games to Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in the Hong Kong Open Super Series final here on Sunday. The Indian lost 15—21 17—21 in a clash which lasted 41 minutes. It was sweet revenge for Tzu Ying, who had […]

PV Sindhu made it a Super Saturday for India as they entered the Hong Kong Open Super Series final in women’s singles respectively. Sindhu defeated Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong 21-14, 21-16 to reach her third Super Series final. Sindhu’s third Super Series final in which she will meet Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying.

World number one Carolina Marin’s season-long Super Series drought continued on Saturday, after the Olympic gold medallist was felled by Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying during their Hong Kong Open semi-final match. The defending Hong Kong Open champion appeared nothing short of unstoppable all week, powering through opponents with whipping overheads and slicing drop shots along with healthy servings of her signature […]

India’s Sameer Verma defeated Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen 21-19, 24-22 to enter final on Saturday. He is the third Indian man to reach Super Series final. Verma had previously defeated Malaysia’s Chong Wei Feng 21-17, 23-21 in the quarterfinals.

Saina Nehwal bowed out of the Hong Kong Open Super Series tournament as she went down fighting in the quarter-final 8-21, 21-18, 19-21 to local favourite Cheung Ngan Yi.