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badmintona year ago

BWF Dutch Open | Lakshya Sen stages brilliant comeback to lift maiden World Tour title

India’s young sensation Lakshya Sen made a stunning comeback in the BWF Dutch Open as he came from one-game down to defeat Japan's Yusuke Onodera 15-21 21-14 21-15 for his first BWF World Tour title. Sen had won the Belgian Open last month and reached the finals of the Polish Open as well.

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badmintona year ago

Dutch Open biggest title of my career so far, says Lakshya Sen

18-year-old Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen admitted that although winning the Dutch Open is the biggest title of his career, he now wants to push on and break into the top 30 rankings by early next year. Meanwhile, Sen is looking to find a balanced training routine that keeps from injury.

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badmintona year ago

Dutch Open | Lakshya Sen to face BM Rahul Bharadwaj in quarterfinals

Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and BM Rahul Bharadwaj will take on each other after they progressed to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles event at the Dutch Open Super 100 tournament in Almere on Thursday. Meanwhile, top seed Sameer Verma was knocked out by Japan’s Yusuke Onodera.

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badminton2 years ago

Dutch Open 2018 | Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Verma continue good run in round two

Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Verma carried on their positive show from the opening round as they beat their respective opponents to secure a passage to the third round at this year’s Dutch. Meanwhile, Sai Uttejitha Rao bowed out with a 22-20, 21-13 loss to Turkey’s Neslihan Yigit.

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badminton3 years ago

Dutch Open | Mixed doubles pairs of Ponnappa- Rankireddy and Attri-Maneesha enter pre-quarterfinals

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badminton4 years ago

Ajay Jayaram loses in final of Dutch Open

Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram, who was competing in the final of the Dutch Open Grand Prix for the third straight year, lost out to Chinese Taipei's Tzu Wei Wang 10-21, 21-17, 18-21. Jayaram fought back after losing the opening game but it was not enough to stop the World No.33 to lift the title.

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badminton4 years ago

Ajay Jayaram enters third straight Dutch Open final

India’s Ajay Jayaram moved into the final of the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton for the third straight year with a convincing win over Anders Antonsen of Denmark. Meanwhile, the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Cherry Chopra and Sikki Reddy bowed out in the semis.

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badminton4 years ago

Ajay Jayaram cruises into Dutch Open semifinals

Defending champion Ajay Jayaram cruised into the men’s singles semifinals of the Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton on Friday with a fluent straight games win over Brazil's Ygor Coelho De Oliveira. The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Cherry Chopra and Sikki Reddy also entered the last-four stage.

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badminton5 years ago

Ajay Jayaram defends Dutch Open Grand Prix crown

India’s Ajay Jayaram comfortably defended his Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton crown with a 21-12, 21-18 victory over less fancied Estonian Raul Must in Almere on Sunday. Jayaram continued on a resurgent phase in his career that began a month ago at the Korea Open Superseries.

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badminton4 years ago

Dutch Open 2016 | Ajay Jayaram eases into quarterfinals

Defending champion Ajay Jayaram reached the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Dutch Open Grand Prix with a straight games win over Norway’s Marius Myhre. However, Parupalli Kashyap lost to Estonia's Raul Must in what turned out to be a mixed day for India.

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