World Tour Finals: Sindhu loses final group match against Chochuwong
December 03, 2021 22:28 ISTSindhu finished in the second position in group A, behind Chochuwong and her opponent of the semifinal stage will be decided in a draw later in the day.
Sindhu finished in the second position in group A, behind Chochuwong and her opponent of the semifinal stage will be decided in a draw later in the day.
Ghosal beat Yip Tsz Fung in four games after losing the first game after Ramit Tandon had given India the lead with a defeat of Henry Leung to set up a summit clash on Saturday against second-seeded Malaysia, a 2-0 winner over Japan.
Axelsen was rewarded for his extraordinary run starting from the Barcelona Spain Masters in February 2020. The Dane made 10 finals in 11 individual tournaments, winning seven of those, including gold at the Tokyo Games.
The former world no. 1 Indian was no match for Lee, the reigning All England champion, going down 19-21 14-21 in 37 minutes to end his campaign.
Double Olympic medallist Sindhu outplayed World No 23 Yvonne Li 21-10, 21-13 in 31 minutes.
The top-seeded Indian men's team routed Indonesia 3-0 to finish with an unbeaten record after five matches in Pool A, the women (seeded 3rd) put it across Iran 3-0 to end up second behind Malaysia in Pool B.
Olympic champions Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Karsten Warholm of Norway were named the World Athletes of the Year at the awards night
The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy suffered their second successive loss in the event, going down fighting 19-21 20-22 to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva
Satwik's recurring knee pain aggravated and the duo decided to pull out keeping in mind the upcoming BWF World Championships.
Saurav Ghosal, the top Indian player, clinched the crucial win, as he came back after losing the first two games against Tayyab Aslam in a 56-minute thriller.
The triple-headers will be only-Saturday affairs throughout the whole duration of the league, starting at 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm respectively.
The league, which will be held next year, had earlier announced Garvit Gujarat as its first franchise
Sindhu looked in great control as she opened up a 5-2 lead and though Line made it 7-6, the Indian quickly reeled off 10 straight points to march to 16-8 and seal the opening game comfortably.
India's top shuttler PV Sindhu prevailed Denmark's Line Christophersen in straight sets 21-14, 21-16 in the BWF World Tour Finals 2021 Women's Singles group A match in Bali.
Former World No.1 Saina Nehwal will miss the World Championships for the first time in her international career due to multiple injuries that have derailed her season.
Srikanth beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of group B.
The top-seeded Indian men's team won its first two matches in the 20th Asian Squash Championship; defeating Iraq and Philippines.
It will be the best ever representation for India at the year-end tournament with as many as seven of them qualifying for the USD 1,50,000 event.
Pankaj produced a late flourish against his Karnataka rival and went on to carve out a tense 27-28, 39-00, 42-28, 45-00, 00-45, 08-35, and 66-00 win to advance to the second round.
Satwik and Chirag had finished at the semifinals of the Indonesia Open last week but made the cut after Japanese pairing of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito also lost in the last four at the Super 1000 tournament.
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