Saina Nehwal, Ashwini-Satwik lose in quarters of Badminton World Championship
Other Sports | August 03, 2018 12:33 ISTSaina, the 10th seed, was outclassed by Spanish seventh seed and two-time world champion Carolina Marin.
Saina, the 10th seed, was outclassed by Spanish seventh seed and two-time world champion Carolina Marin.
Having the comfort of family helped as she could focus on training more and it worked for the Indian shuttler which brought her laurels in the 2018 CWG.
The Indian duo prevailed in straight games 21-19, 21-19 over the Australians, in a 47-minute crunch match at the Carrara Sports Arena in Gold Coast.
Star shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal on Monday helped India clinch their maiden gold medal in mixed team badminton event after defeating Malaysia 3-1 in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Ponnappa said in other countries, unlike India, players are encouraged to take up doubles not as a last resort but as the first choice.
It was a double delight for Ashwini at Senior National Badminton Championships as she bagged the mixed doubles and women's doubles title with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and N Sikki Reddy respectively.
Satwik and Ponnappa managed to earn two crucial wins to join Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy in the main draw of mixed doubles of Denmark Open.
China only lost one of their 10 matches in the round-robin stage against Hong Kong and Thailand. So, according to the given stats, so far the top seeds China have the upper hand.
Apart from Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu, who defeated Line Kjaersfeldt 21-18 21-6 in the women's singles match, no other player rose to the occasion.
India’s most successful women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa has decided to part ways for the second time in their career.
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