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    featurebadminton4 months ago

    Safe environment will assure full participation at 2021 Tokyo Olympics, claims Chirag Shetty

    The 2021 Tokyo Olympics is less than six months away, almost 40% of the athlete quota places across all disciplines are yet to be earned. In a race against time, the Sports federations are in a fix, whether to stage the qualifiers or leave the final rankings to decide the fate of the aspirants.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    Fifth edition of Premier Badminton League to start on Jan 20

    The date of the commencement of the fifth edition of the Premier Badminton League has been announced and it's set to start early next year on January 20, 2020. Top Indian shuttlers like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth, and many others are expected to participate in it again.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    PV Sindhu crashes out of China Open

    World Champion and No.6 ranked PV Sindhu crashed out in the opening round of the China Open in Fozhou after suffering a shock defeat to lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei. Meanwhile, the doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa won their first-round clash.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    Had multiple strategies against Lin Dan, reveals HS Prannoy

    HS Prannoy has stated that he came into the clash against Chinese legend Lin Dan with more than one strategy and he executed most of them to perfection in the three-game win on Tuesday. This was Prannoy’s third win over Lin Dan in the five times that they have met each other on court.
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    featurebadminton2 years ago

    BWF World Championships | Indian shuttlers start litmus test with easy draws

    In what will be a big test for the Indian shuttlers ahead of the Tokyo Olympics next year, they have been handed easy draws to begin with in the first round of the BWF World Championships. A huge blow for India would be the injuries to Swastiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who pulled out.
    Subhayan Dutta
    newsbadminton2 years ago

    BWF World Championship | HS Prannoy awarded spot following injuries to Viktor Axelsen and Shi Yuqi

    HS Prannoy has received a late invitation to participate in the upcoming BWF World Championships after Viktor Axelsen and Shi Yuqi refused to participate following injuries. Meanwhile, reigning champion Carolina Marin had to withdraw after she couldn’t recover completely from a knee injury.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    Thailand Open | K Srikanth, Saina Nehwal advance as Sameer Verma bows out

    India started well in the Super 500 event in the absence of big stars with the likes of Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy, many more advancing into the second round. However, with numerous Indian participants, there were casualties too that included brothers Sameer Verma and Sourabh Verma.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    Japan Open | PV Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth advance, HS Prannoy bows out

    Indian shuttlers held their claim in three events with PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth winning their respective singles clash while HS Prannoy went down in straight games further reducing India’s contention. While the men’s doubles duo advance in the other match, the mixed duo went down.
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    newsbadminton2 years ago

    Japan Open | PV Sindhu advances, Kidambi Srikanth ousted in first round

    PV Sindhu extended her fine form in the Japan Open with an easy win over China’s Hue Yan, while Kidambi Srikanth lost to compatriot HS Prannoy in his very first match of the campaign. While A Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy couldn’t advance, Ponappa and S Reddy did in mixed doubles.
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    reportbadminton2 years ago

    BWF Indonesia Open | Kidambi Srikanth beats Kenta Nishimoto; PV Sindhu outplays Aya Ohori

    Eight-seed Kidambi Srikanth registered a comfortable straight game-win against Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto with a scoreline of 21-14, 21-13 at the ongoing BWF Indonesia Open on Wednesday. In addition to that, PV Sindhu registered an 11-21, 21-15, 21-15 win against Japan’s Aya Ohori in the first round.
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