newsbadminton3 months ago

HS Prannoy India's top men's shuttler, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand achieve another career-best

The 30-year-old HS Prannoy keeps scaling new heights. Prannoy, who is now number 8 in the world, has surpassed Lakshya Sen to become the highest-ranked man from India in the men's singles rankings; the youngster meanwhile has slipped a few spots to be world no.10 in the latest rankings.
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newsbadminton3 months ago

Saina Nehwal to skip 2023 Asian Badminton Championship trials

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) will hold national trials soon to choose the Indian squad for the 2023 Badminton Asian Championship, although veteran Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will not compete (BAC). A few days earlier, the BAI had opted to call veteran Nehwal for the trials.
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newsbadminton3 months ago

HS Prannoy achieves career-best ranking, to end year as world no.8

In the latest BWF rankings, star shuttler HS Prannoy has equaled his career-best spot of the world no.8. The Indian has had a solid 2022, where he won the prestigious Thomas Cup, along with a bronze at the Commonwealth Games, and a few other accolades, to round up the perfect year.
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newsbadminton5 months ago

Hylo Open 2022 | Malvika Bansod continues dream run, Satwik-Chirag in quarters too

The Indian shuttlers had a great day in the office at the Hylo Open on Thursday, and most of the players made it to the quarterfinals of the event. Indian doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rakireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the world no. 56 pair, the Easton-Russ duo, 22-24, 21-15, 21-11 in three games.
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newsbadminton5 months ago

Hylo Open 2022 | Satwik and Chirag qualify for pre-quarters, Malvika Bansod in next round too

At the Hylo Open 2022 BWF Super 300 competition in Saarbrucken, Germany on Wednesday, Chinese Taipei's Yang Lee and Chen Lu were beaten by Indian partners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The duo overcame a deficit in opening game to defeat the Taipei team 19-21, 21-19, and 21-16.
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newsbadminton11 months ago

Thailand Open 2022 | Malvika Bansood and Ashmita Chaliha make it to the main draw

Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha, two upcoming Indian badminton players, advanced to the Thailand Open 2022 women's singles main draw after surviving their respective qualifications. Malvika beat teammate Anupama Upadhyaya 21-18, 21-8 in a little under half an hour at the Impact Arena in Bangkok.
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newsbadminton1 year ago

Korea Open 2022 | Lakshya Sen and Malvika Bansod in second round, HS Prannoy exits in first round

It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers at the Korea Open 2022, as Lakshya Sen and Malvika Bansod won their respective matches, while HS Prannoy lost his opening match. In fact, the two wins that came India's way were hard-fought battles that went to the third and final game.
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newsbadminton1 year ago

Orleans Masters 2022 | Out of form B Sai Praneeth top seed in men's singles

Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth, ranked world no. 19, will start as the top seed in the men's singles at the Orleans Master 2022, to be held in France from March 29. The Tokyo Olympian has had a bad start to 2022 and is woefully out of form; now he would like to make amends and get a few wins.
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newsbadminton1 year ago

Swiss Open 2022 | Kidambi Srikanth makes winning start, All England semi-finalists Gayatri and Treesa lose in opening round

Former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth was off to a winning start at the Swiss Open 2022, as he beat Mads Christophersen in straight games in the men's singles opening round. The Indian just needed 32 minutes to beat his Danish opponent 21-16, 21-17, in the first round of the BWF 300 tournament.
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newsbadminton1 year ago

German Open 2022 | Malvika Bansod ousted, little known doubles teams progress to second round

Shuttler Malvika Bansod lost in the first round of the German Open 2022 women's singles event on Wednesday against world No. 12 Michelle Li of Canada. The Indian, who had been promoted from reserves, was beaten 21-18, 20-22, 9-21 by the previous Commonwealth Games women's singles champion.
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