Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy defeated their respective Finnish opponents to advance to the second round of the ongoing World Badminton Championships.
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HS Prannoy defeated Weng Hong Yang earlier in the final of Mayalsia Masters 2023. But the Chinese opponent edged past Prannoy in the Australian Open summit clash.
HS Prannoy beat Indian youngster Priyanshu Rajawat in two straight sets to book a final clash against China's Weng Hong Yang on Sunday.
India's PV Sindhu lost the women's singles quarterfinals of the ongoing Australia Open against USA's Beiwen Zhang.
Lakshya Sen went down fighting in a three-set thriller in the semifinals of the ongoing Japan Open.
Lakshya Sen overcame his Japanese counterpart to win the semifinal of the ongoing Japan Open.
PV Sindhu has dropped to 17th in world rankings after a series of first round exits in recent tournaments. This time around she lost to China's Zhang Yi Man in 32 minutes in straight games.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have soared to their career-best World No. 2 position after the latest movement in the BWF rankings.
Satwik is currently featuring in the Korea Open with doubles partner Chirag Shetty. He achieved the world record back on April 14, 2023 and the record smash was conducted in a controlled environment at the Yonex factory gymnasium in Soka, Saitama, Japan.
Trailing by four points in the second set, Lakshya Sen produced an excellent display of badminton in the final moments of the Canada Open final against Li Shi Feng to win his first title of the year.
Indonesia Open: The Indians defeated World Champions from Malaysia in straight games to clinch the Indonesia Open title.
Indonesia Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed through into the finals of Indonesia Open as they made a comeback from being a game down.
PV Sindhu's challenge in the ongoing Indonesia Open has ended as she lost to Tai Tzu Ying in the second round. On the other hand, Kidambi won the all Indian duel against Lakshya Sen to make it to quarterfinal.
"Together with the IPF, we will work towards establishing Padel as a mainstream sport, while fostering a culture of excellence in the Indian Padel community," Gopichand said.
World number 9 Prannoy, advanced to the final after his opponent Christian Adinata of Indonesia conceded the game following a nasty knee injury.
HS Prannoy advanced to play his first final of 2023.
India's top-ranked PV Sindhu beat China's world no.18 Zhang Yi Man 21-16, 13-21, 22-20 to reach the semifinal round.
While PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made it t the quarterfinals, Lakshya Sen ended his campaign with loss in straight sets.
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