Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy reach second round
Other Sports | November 13, 2019 13:55 ISTPV Sindhu defeated Korea's Kim Ga Eun 21-15, 21-16 in the first round of the Hong Kong Open while HS Prannoy beat China's Huan Yu Xiang 21-17, 21-17.
PV Sindhu defeated Korea's Kim Ga Eun 21-15, 21-16 in the first round of the Hong Kong Open while HS Prannoy beat China's Huan Yu Xiang 21-17, 21-17.
Saina Nehwal lost to China's Cai Yan Yan 13-21, 20-22 in first round of Hong Kong Open.
Parupalli Kashyap lost 13-21, 19-21 to seventh seed Victor Axelson in a match that lasted 43 minutes at the Haixia Olympics Sports Center to crash out of the China Open.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Japan's Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 21-11 25-23 in the semi-finals of the French Open.
Beiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
B. Sai Praneeth had lost the first game 9-21 and was trailing 7-11 in the second when he chose to retire because of injury.
Satwik and Chirag, ranked 15th in the world, ran out of steam after a decent start against their fourth-seeded opponents and went down 19-21 8-21 in the second-round match.
Saina Nehwal was defeated 10-21, 17-21 by Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the first round of China Open.
Lakshya Sen was at his best as he notched up a comfortable 21-14 21-15 win over Victor Svendsen in the title clash that lasted for 34 minutes.
Pullela Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising.
Para badminton player Sukant Kadam wrote to the Prime Minister that the para-contingent also won 12 medals in Para-Badminton World Championship and would "want your blessings".
It was her fifth medal at the World Championships, which is the joint highest in women's singles in the history of the tournament along with Xhang Ning of China.
PV Sindhu will take on Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying in a much-anticipated women's singles quarterfinal contest at the BWF World Championships.
Saurabh Verma defeated Iskandar Zulkarnain in the semi-finals while women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy defeated Hong Kong's Fan Ka Yan and Wu Yi Ting.
The duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, which created history by winning the Thailand Open last week, have entered the top-10 in badminton rankings.
Among the men's singles shuttlers, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma managed to hold on to their 10th and 13th spots in the latest rankings issued on Tuesday.
Sai Praneeth made a winning start on his return to Japan Open, as he secured a straight-game victory over Kento Nishimoto.
Carolina Marin faced a knee injury in January, and is now considering skipping the World Cup to participate in Olympics next year.
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap's impressive run at the Canada Open Super 100 tournament came to an end
Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand wants his wards to improve their fitness and stay injury free to perform well in major tournaments.
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