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World junior no.1 Lakshya Sen clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title on Thursday as he defeated second seeded Croatian Zvonimir Durkinjak 18-21 21-12 21-17 in the final. This is the 16-year-old's second senior international tournament victory.

Indian players PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Kidambi Srikanth have been handed easy draws in the World Badminton Championships which is to be held in Scotland from August 21. Both PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have gotten first round byes and will not suffer many obstacles to reach the quarter-finals.

India’s campaign at the New Zealand Grand Prix Gold came to an end after HS Prannoy and Sourabh Verma lost their respective quarter-final matches on Friday. While fourth seed Prannoy was upset by 11th seed Yu Hsien Lin 21-10, 20-22, 23-21, Verma was beaten by Cheuk Yiu Lee 21-19, 21-16.

After winning the US Open Grand Prix Gold title, Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has climbed up six places to be placed at the 17th position in the latest BWF world rankings. In women’s category, PV Sindhu retained her 5th spot while Saina Nehwal dropped a place to be world number 16.

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap defeated Sameer Verma in straight sets 21-13, 21-16 to seal a berth in the semi-final of the US Open. Meanwhile, HS Prannoy joined Kashyap after as overcame Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama 10-21, 21-15, 21-18.

On the back of winning two successive Superseries titles himself, Kidambi Srikanth believes that the Indian contingent have a chance of winning a medal at the World Championship next month. The World No.8 also appreciated the contributions of Indonesian coach Mulyo Handoyo in his recent success.