Syed Modi Championship News

India badminton star PV Sindhu won the Syed Modi International 2022 after she beat Malvika Bansod, in the women's singles final in Lucknow on Sunday. Sindhu won the match 21-13, 21-16 in 35 minutes to clinch her second title at the BWF 300 event, having won it for the first time in 2017.

India's PV Sindhu moved into the finals of the Syed Modi International 2022 after her opponent retired from the semifinal match midway, on Saturday. Sindhu began the match strongly and took only 12 minutes to pocket the first game 21-11 in just 12 minutes against  Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya.

India is going to host three back-to-back badminton tournaments in January 2022, as per the latest calendar released by the BWF. The first tournament of the year will be the India Open from January 11 to 16, followed by the Syed Modi International tournament, and lastly, newly added Odisha Open.

The BWF has gone ahead and cancelled the Syed Modi International tournament, which was supposed to be held in Lucknow from October 12. In the wake of Covid-19, many tournaments across the globe have been cancelled. But the Sudirman Cup and Thomas & Uber Cup are slated to begin in time.