Category: Badminton

Indian star Saina Nehwal crashed out against her fierce Chinese opponent Yihan Wang in the semifinal of the Badminton Asia Championships on Saturday. The 26-year-old Indian failed to match the sharp play from Yihan as she went down 16-21, 14-21 in 41 minutes at the Wuhan Sports Center. This loss was the 2015 World Championship runner-up’s 11th in 15 meetings […]

Saina Nehwal continued her consistent run in international circuit, reaching yet another semifinal at the $200,000 Asia Badminton Championship here on Friday. In a battle of long rallies, the 26-year-old Indian held her nerves in tricky situations to eke out a 21-16 21-19 win over former World Champion Shixian Wang of China in the women’s singles quarterfinal that lasted 56 […]

Olympic-bound Indian shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu won their respective women’s singles matches to make a resounding start to their campaign at the Badminton Asia Championships here on Wednesday. Fifth seed Saina disposed off Indonesia’s Fitriani Fitriani 21-16, 21-17, while Sindhu brushed aside another Indonesian Maria Febe Kusumastuti 21-10, 21-13 in a half an hour contest in the opening […]

Ace India shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of their respective men’s and women’s singles matches after posting comfortable straight-game wins at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Thursday. India’s star women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashiwini Ponnappa also made the last eight stage with an easy win, but it was […]

Ace women’s singles shuttler PV Sindhu entered the second round, while her male compatriot HS Prannoy, eased into the third round of their respective events as India witnessed a productive day at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here today. Fourth seed Sindhu took 34 minutes to get the better of her Japanese rival Natsuki Nidaira 21-16 21-12 […]

Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro beat Korean Son Wan-Ho to win the Singapore Open on Sunday as Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon also triumphed, becoming the world’s top female shuttler in the process. The unfancied Kuncoro, who stunned two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the semi-finals, took the first set 21-16. But some bad decision making cost the 31-year-old dearly when he succumbed […]