newsbadminton5 days ago

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand enter All England Open semis again

In what can be called a historic moment in Indian badminton, the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand entered the semifinals of the All England Open 2023, repeating their feat from last year. The world no.17 team beat Chinese pair of Li Wen Mei/Liu Xuan Xuan 21-14, 18-21, 21-12.
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newsbadminton5 days ago

Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand enter quarters, other Indians lose at 2023 All England Badminton Championships

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won an incredible match to advance to the quarterfinals of the All England Championships in Birmingham, but Lakshya Sen lost in the men's singles category. The Indian team defeated Sayaka Hirota and Yuki Fukushima, the former world No. 1 pair, 21-14, 24-22.
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newsbadminton7 days ago

All England Badminton Championship | PV Sindhu handed defeat in first round, Treesa/Gayatri sail in next round

India star shuttler PV Sindhu exited from the All England Open 2023 in the first round itself after she lost her match to China's Zhang Yi Man 17-21, 11-21 in straight games on Wednesday. The ninth-ranked Sindhu lost to the world no.17 shuttler without even posing a real threat to her opponent.
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newsbadminton22 days ago

Senior National Badminton Championship | Anupama Upadhyaya and Mithun Manjunath claim singles titles

18-year-old Former world junior no. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya and upcoming shuttler Mithun Manjunath registered contrasting victories to clinch the women’s and men’s singles titles in the Yonex Sunrise 84th senior national badminton championship in the Balewadi stadium here on Tuesday.
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newsbadminton1 month ago

India can go on to win the Sudirman Cup, says coach Vimal Kumar

Team India scripted history as they won their maiden bronze medal at the Asia Badminton Mixed Team Championships, and that has given hope to the fans that team can win Sudirman Cup too. Former national coach Vimal Kumar feels that after the string performance in Asia, India can go a step further.
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newsbadminton1 month ago

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships | India claim historic bronze, lose to China 2-3 in semis

Team India settled for a historic bronze medal at the Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 after losing to China 2-3 in the semi-finals at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in UAE on Saturday. This was India's first medal at the championship, where in the past the team failed to go past the quarters.
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newsbadminton1 month ago

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships | Team India sink Malaysia 4-1, to face Hong Kong on Friday

The Indian badminton team is on a roll as they beat the CWG champions Malaysia in their final Group B tie at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 in Dubai on Thursday. India has topped their group now with three wins out of three and will face Hong Kong in the next round.
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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

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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newsbadminton4 months ago

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand enter top 20 in women's doubles, Lakshya Sen too gains a spot

In another good week for Indian shuttlers in the BWF rankings, a host of them have climbed up the rankings and achieved their career bests. The most notable movement this time around is of the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who moved in the top 20 for the first time.
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