Lakshya Sen stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Paris Olympics after defeating compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12 and 21-6. Lakshya's quarterfinal berth has helped him equal India's best performance in men's singles at the Olympics.
It was India's third badminton defeat one after the other on Thursday, August 1 as PV Sindhu exited Paris Olympics prematurely in Round of 16. This will be the first Olympic Games campaign for Sindhu without a medal after winning a silver medal in Rio in 2016 and a bronze medal in Tokyo.
Lakshya Sen breezed past his compatriot HS Prannoy in the Round of 16 clash in men's singles of Badminton at the Paris Olympics. Lakshya continued his impressive run in the ongoing Olympics that saw him winning fourth match in straight sets in a row as he sustained India's medal hopes in the sport.
The world no.3 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shock defeat against Malaysia's unseeded pair of Soh Wooi Yik and Chia Aaron to miss out on the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
PV Sindhu won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics by beating He Bing Jiao of China in straight games 21-13, 21-15. However, the head-to-head record is in favour of the Chinese shuttler.
Lakshya Sen entered the round of 16 with a spirited performance against the world rank No. three and the third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. Lakshya made a phenomenal comeback after trailing behind in the first game.
Indian ace shuttler Lakshya Sen won his third consecutive men's singles match in Group L at the Paris Olympics. During his 21-18, 21-12 win against Jonatan Christie, Sen played one of the most ridiculous shots by a shuttler recently that had everyone's jaw dropped to the floor.
Lakshya Sen had only beaten Jonatan Christie only once in his career. Christie came into this game on the back of a favourable 4-1 head-to-head record over the Indian emerging shuttler.
PV Sindhu is the only Indian competing in the women's singles competition at the Paris Olympics. Sindhu will be in action against Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in her final group-stage fixture.
The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto lost their first match of the group-stage round to South Korea's Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong. The loss came in straight games 21-18, 21-10.
PV Sindhu came into the contest on the back of a 1-0 head-to-head record against Maldivian Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq. Sindhu had defeated Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 in Birmingham.
Elavenil Valarivan, Sandeep Singh, Ramita and Arjun Babuta will be in action in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on day one and will have a chance to open India's account. Meanwhile, the Indian men's hockey team will take on New Zealand in a Group B fixture to kick-start their campaign in Paris.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are two of India's best shuttlers in the men's circuit at the moment. The Indian pair is ranked No. three in the world behind China's Liang Wei Keng, Wang Chang and Kim Astrup, Anders Skaaruup Rasmussen of Denmark.
PV Sindhu is chasing her third Olympic medal. She had won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics after going down to Carolina Marin in a three-set-long thriller. At the Tokyo Olympics, she went down in the semis to Tai Tzu-Ying and then defeated He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match.
Badminton is one of the sporting disciplines where India is expecting at least one medal at the Paris Olympics with players like PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty taking part. The Games are getting underway from July 26 with Badminton matches starting from very next day.
Lakshya Sen is only the second player who will be representing India in men's singles at the Paris Olympics. He will be accompanied by compatriot HS Prannoy. Prannoy is ranked 13 in the world whereas Sen is ranked 19.
Olympics 2024: Indian pair Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty will be playing in their second Olympics in the men's doubles category at the upcoming Paris Olympics after featuring in the Tokyo Games in 2021. The two have been put in Group C of the event.
The preparations for the upcoming Olympics in Paris are underway fully with the Games set to commence from July 26. The group stage draw was finalised today for the Badminton with India's PV Sindhu being one of the major players from the country.
President Droupadi Murmu engaged in a badminton match with renowned shuttler Saina Nehwal at Rashtrapati Bhavan, highlighting her enthusiasm for sports. The event underscored India's rising status in international badminton, particularly through the achievements of its women athletes.
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