It is also the first time that India won two medals in Men’s Singles at the World Championships Kidambi Srikanth clinched a historic silver medal in the World Badminton Championships after suffering a straight-game defeat to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the summit clash to notch up the best ever performance by an Indian…
BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth creates history
December 19, 2021Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday defeated compatriot Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the Men’s Singles semi-finals to reach his maiden BWF World Badminton Championships final. The 28-year-old beat Lakshya in a thrilling match to become the first-ever Indian male badminton player to enter the World Championships final. In another semi-final of the BWF…
Srikanth loses to Axelsen in India Open 2019 final
April 1, 2019New Delhi: Former champion Kidambi Srikanth’s hope of snapping a long title draught came crashing down after he went down in straight games to former world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark at the India Open 2019 in New Delhi on Sunday. A former world no. 1 Srikanth blew two game points in the second game…
India Open Badminton Tournament: Kidambi Srikanth enters final
March 31, 2019Kidambi Srikanth displayed tremendous grit and bounced back from a game loss to outclass China’s Huang Yuxiang 16-21, 21-14, 21-19 to enter Men’s Singles final in the India Open Badminton Tournament on Saturday. In the summit clash on Sunday, Srikanth will take on Viktor Axelsen, who registered a 21-11, 21-17 win over India’s Parupalli Kashyap…
Kidambi Srikanth withdraws from Thailand Open
July 10, 2018New Delhi: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has withdrawn from the Thailand Open, starting from Tuesday, due to an injury. “Not a good news as I had to withdraw from Thailand Open. Will be playing world championships next,” Srikanth wrote in his twitter handle. In the men’s singles competition of Indonesia Open, his previous competition, Srikanth’s…
Indonesia Open: Srikanth’s title defence ends, Sindhu in pre-quarters
July 5, 2018Jakarta: Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth’s campaign ended with a narrow opening-round loss but Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu eked out a thrilling win to progress to the women’s Singles pre-quarterfinals of the USD 1,250,000 Indonesia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament here on Wednesday. Former World No.1 Srikanth suffered his second successive loss to…
Malaysia Open: P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth enter semifinals
June 30, 2018Kuala Lumpur: P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth continued their impressive run at the Malaysia Open, progressing to the semifinals of the women’s and men’s singles competition with a straight-game wins in the USD 700,000 world tour super 750 tournament on Friday. In a clash between Olympic silver and gold medallists, it was Sindhu who emerged…
Indian Shuttlers eye good outing at Malaysia Open
June 26, 2018Kuala Lumpur: Rejuvenated after a month-long break, India’s top shuttlers, including P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, will resume their quest for glory when the south-east Asia leg of BWF world tour begins with the $700,000 Malaysian Open here on Tuesday. Srikanth and Sindhu had skipped the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in May to regain…
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shuttler Saina Nehwal wins gold; P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth take home silver
April 15, 2018Gold Coast: Indian star Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot P.V. Sindhu in straight games to win the women’s singles title in the badminton competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games today. Saina displayed some superb form to clinch a 21-18, 23-21 victory in the final. SILVER Indian badminton player World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth takes home silver…
Dubai Super Series Finals-2017: Sindhu wins, Srikanth loses opening match
December 14, 2017The opening day of the season-ending Dubai Super Series Finals produced mixed results for the Indian shuttlers as Olympian P.V. Sindhu started the event on a winning note against China’s He Bingjiao while Kidambi Srikanth received defeat from World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. In the women’s single event, Sindhu defeated Bingjiao 21-11, 16-21,…
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