To take on Nozomi Okuhara in finals today P.V. Sindhu continued her fine form as she defeated China’s Chen Yufei 21-7, 21-14 to reach the finals of BWF World Badminton Championships 2019 in Basel. Not many can forget the epic World Championships final from 2017 that went on to become the longest women’s singles gold…
Singapore Open: Sindhu loses to Okuhara in the semis
April 14, 2019Singapore: P.V. Sindhu surrendered without a fight to former world champion Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles semifinals to draw curtains on India’s campaign at the Singapore Open on Saturday. Sindhu, a Rio Olympics silver medallist, lost 7-21, 11-21 to world no. 3 Okuhara in a lop-sided contest. Sindhu had won the last two times…
Singapore Open: Sindhu seals semifinal spot; Saina ousted
April 13, 2019P.V. Sindhu survived a scare before making the semifinals but Saina Nehwal was thoroughly outplayed in her straight-game quarterfinal loss on a mixed day for India at the Singapore Open Badminton Tournament here Friday. Rio Games silver-winner Sindhu defeated World No.18 and 2017 BWF World Junior Championship bronze-medallist Cai Yanyan of China 21-13, 17-21, 21-14…
All England Badminton Championships: P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal look to break 18-year-old Jinx
March 6, 2019P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will look to end an 18-year-old drought of title at the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships, starting in Birmingham on Wednesday. Both Indian star shuttlers Sindhu and Saina have a challenging draw in their way to the All England Open crown, which was last won by current chief national…
Sindhu flies Tejas
February 23, 2019India’s ace badminton player P.V. Sindhu flies HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas as part of Women’s Day celebrations at the ongoing Aero India Show this morning.
BWF World Tour Finals: P.V. Sindhu beats World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying
December 16, 2018The Indian challenge in the BWF World Tour Finals 2018 enjoyed a good day at the office as both players — P.V. Sindhu and Sameer Verma — won their respective Singles events. While Sindhu beat World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in her women’s singles Group A match, Sameer Verma defeated Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in…
Asian Games: Sindhu wins historic individual silver; Neeraj harvests record-smashing gold
August 28, 2018Jakarta: P.V. Sindhu yet again finished second-best in a major final but grabbed a historic individual silver medal at the Asian Games after losing the women’s singles title clash to world number one Tai Tzu Ying on Tuesday. Sindhu lost 13-21, 16-21 to Tai Tzu Ying in the summit clash. No Indian had ever reached…
World Badminton Championships: Sindhu loses another final, settles for silver
August 6, 2018Nanjing (China): P.V. Sindhu finished second best yet again in a major tournament final as she went down tamely to Carolina Marin in the World Championships’ Women’s Singles title clash, adding to the Indian’s tale of woes here on Sunday. The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal following a 19-21, 10-21 loss to…
Sindhu enters second successive World Championships final
August 5, 2018Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu claimed a second successive World Championships final spot after seeing off a fighting Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in straight games at the women’s Singles semifinals here on Saturday. Sindhu, who had finished runners-up at the Glasgow edition last year after losing to another Japanese Nozomi Okuhara, notched up a superb…
World Championship: Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth win
August 2, 2018P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth notched up contrasting wins to progress to the pre-quarterfinals but World No.11 H.S. Prannoy suffered a shock defeat to unheralded Brazilian Ygor Coelho to bow out of the World Championship here on Wednesday. Olympics silver medallist Sindhu, who had got a bye in the first round, opened her campaign with…
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