Language - | Sai Praneeth gets to career-best BWF ranking Indian badminton player B Sai Praneeth has reached the 11th spot on the recently-released BWF World Rankings as he jumped one place up on the list. On the other hand, star Indian female shuttler PV Sindhu continued at the sixth place on the rankings which were released on Tuesday. SportsCafe Desk |
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 | Target is to break into top 100 as early as possible, says 18-year-old shuttler Malvika Bansod 18-year-old Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod is working on gaining strength and power as she aims to break into the top 100 rankings. A left-handed player, Malvika idolises two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion Lin Dan of China but rues that she never got to meet him. SportsCafe Desk |
 | 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. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Confident about how I'm playing against top players, says Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth has expressed that he is confident on how he is playing against all the top players and is now aiming to do well in the upcoming tournaments in 2019 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics next year. Srikanth also talked about the domination of the left-handers in world badminton. SportsCafe Desk |
 | BWF New Zealand Open | Sai Praneeth bows out as HS Prannoy progresses India now have just one shuttler left in the Super 300 tournament after B Sai Praneeth lost to Lin Dan in straight games while HS Prannoy defeated Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto in straight games to enter the quarterfinals. The doubles pair Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also bowed out in pre-quarters. SportsCafe Desk |
 | New Zealand Open | Saina Nehwal eliminated as Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy advance India started their New Zealand Open campaign on a sour note with Saina Nehwal getting eliminated in the first round itself while male shuttlers Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy advanced. Lakshya Sen was also shown the door but not before he stretched Wang Tzu Wei to a thrilling three gamer match. SportsCafe Desk |
 | SaarLorLux Open | Subhankar Dey stuns Lin Dan; Parupalli Kashyap beats Alexander Roovers Subhankar Dey pulled off a shocker as he beat China’s Lin Dan by a scoreline of 22-20, 21-19 to enter the quarter-finals of the SaarLorLux Open Badminton in Germany on Thursday. Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap defeated local boy Alexander Roovers in straight games to make the quarters. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Know Your Heroes | Sameer Verma - the small-towner who made it big Though Sameer Verma’s World Championships campaign ended after an early defeat against the legendary Lin Dan in the pre-quarterfinals, the match will be remembered for his audacious no-look shot that stunned the crowd. Ahead of Asiad, the World No. 21 talks about his preparation and chances. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Lakshya Sen to get Rs 10 lakh cash reward from BAI Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for young Lakshya Sen, who became only the third Indian to win a gold medal at the Asia Junior Championship in Jakarta. Sen believes he needs to work on his physical strength to take on the big guns in senior circuit. SportsCafe Desk |
 | Indonesia Open | Kidambi Srikanth to face Kento Momota as Prannoy slated to play Lin Dan Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth has been drawn against Japan’s Kento Momota in the opening round of this year’s World Tour Super 1000 badminton tournament in Indonesia. 25-year old HS Prannoy will face off against Chinese great Lin Dan in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday. SportsCafe Desk |