P.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…
Celebrity wedding…
December 18, 2018Mysore District Badminton Association Hon. Secretary S.G. Prabhu along with his wife Jyothi Prabhu attended the wedding reception of Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap in Hyderabad on Dec.14 and greeted the newly-wedded.
Saina Nehwal ties the knot with Parupalli Kashyap
December 15, 2018Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal took her fans by surprise as she posted a photograph with badminton player Parupalli Kashyap on Friday announcing her marriage. Saina, who was all set to tie the knot with Kashyap on December 16, wrote on Twitter, “Best match of my life…#justmarried.” Saina and Kashyap had posted several photographs on…
Korea Open: Saina Nehwal loses to Nozomi Okuhara
September 29, 2018Seoul: India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal went down fighting in what was a close encounter against former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the quarterfinals to bring down the curtains on India’s campaign at the Korea Open Tournament here on Friday. The fifth-seeded Indian squandered four match points to go down 21-15 15-21 20-22…
Saina Nehwal ends India’s 36-year drought in 36 minutes with Asian Games bronze
August 27, 2018Jakarta/Palembang: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal after going down to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, here today. World number 10 and Olympic medalist Saina played with good intensity but lost 17-21 14-21 to a superior Tzu Ying,…
BWF World Championships: Saina Nehwal outgunned by Carolina Marin in quarter-finals
August 3, 2018Tenth seeded Saina Nehwal lost to superior seeded Carolina Marin of Spain 6-21, 11-21 in 31 minutes. Marin dominated the quarter-finals from the onset to thrash Saina Nehwal at the BWF Badminton World Championships 2018 being held at Nanjing, China, this morning and booked a spot in women’s singles semi-final. The superior seeded Spaniard looked…
Badminton: India beats Australia in Thomas Cup, Uber Cup final
May 22, 2018Indian men’s and women’s badminton teams dumped a lowly rated Australia 5-0 and 4-1 respectively on the second day of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Final but the road to the quarterfinals still remain a difficult one for India. While Indian women’s team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up a dominating 4-1 win against…
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…
Badminton: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth enter 2nd round in Australian Open
June 22, 2017Newly-crowned Indonesia Open champion K. Srikanth and title-holder Saina Nehwal progressed to the second round with contrasting wins at the Australian Super Series on Wednesday. Olympic silver-medallist P.V. Sindhu and Singapore Open Champion B. Sai Praneeth also entered the second round but it was curtains for four other singles player, including giant-slayer H. S. Prannoy….
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