Category: Badminton

Two-time defending champion P V Sindhu stood just one win away from completing a hat-trick of titles at the Macau Open after she advanced to final of the event with a gruelling three-game triumph over second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on Saturday. World No. 12 Sindhu triumphed 21-8, 15-21, 21-16 in a contest which lasted an hour and three […]

It turned out to be a disastrous day for Indian shuttlers at the Hong Kong Open as PV Sindhu, K Srikanth and Ajay Jayaram crashed out of the $350,000 Super Series event in the opening round on Wednesday. In the absence of World No. 2 Saina Nehwal, the onus was on Sindhu and Srikanth to lead the Indian charge but […]

Defending champion Saina Nehwal sailed into the semifinals of the USD 700,000 China Open Super Series Premier after she saw off Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in straight games here on Friday. A relaxed Saina didn’t break a sweat and her cool demeanour helped her to stave off the challenge from the World No. 10, notching up a comfortable 21-16, 21-13 win […]

20-year-old Nagapur shuttler missed the title by a whisker as the southpaw went down fighting in the women’s singles final of the VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton tournament which concluded at Modern-PDMBA Complex, Shivaji Nagar on Sunday.

World number two Saina Nehwal’s miserable run continued as the Indian shuttler suffered a straight games defeat at the hands of Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the quarterfinals of the French Open Super Series on Friday. The top seed Saina was not in her elements today and lost the match 9-21, 15-21 in just 39 minutes. With Saina’s defeat, the Indian […]

ALMERE (The Netherlands): Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram notched up a superb straight-game win over Estonia’s Raul Must in the final to defend his men’s singles title at the Dutch Open Grand Prix on Sunday. Just three weeks after reaching his maiden Super Series final at Korea Open, Jayaram continued his rampaging run as he defeated sixth seed and World No.48 […]