India Badminton Team News

India have a busy day with badminton today with PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen in action as far as Singles semi finals are concerned. As far as doubles are concerned, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand and while Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will take the floor later

Indian badminton star Kidambi Srikanth scripted a hard-fought win over South Korea’s Lee Dong Keun 21-9, 19-21, 21-10 to enter the quarter-final of the ongoing 2021 Hylo Open. Sourabh Verma was ousted in the round-of-16 itself, going down to Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 13-21, 10-21.

India’s top shuttler PV Sindhu bowed out of the ongoing 2021 Denmark Open after suffering a loss to South Korea’s An Se-Young, in straight sets 21-11, 21-12, in their quarter-final clash, on Friday. On the other hand, Sameer Verma was forced to pull out of his quarter-final match owing to an injury.

India's Sameer Verma staged an unexpected win over world no. 3 Anders Antonsen in straight sets to qualify for the quarter-final, with scores of 21-14 21-18, in a match that lasted 50 minutes. On the other hand, PV Sindhu had already made it to the last eight, with a win over Busanan Ongbamrungphan.