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".
Sai Praneeth's attacking game couldn't dent the defence of an in-form Kento Momota as he went down to the Japanese World No. 1 13-21 8-21 in 41 minutes.
PV Sindhu reached her third consecutive BWF World Championship final after beating World No. 3 Chen Yufei 21-7 21-14 in the semi-finals.
Saina Nehwal lost 21-15 25-27 12-21 against Mia Blichfeldt, seeded 12th, in a marathon women's singles match.
The USD 750,000 tournament will also see the return of Saina Nehwal, who had missed the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event due to fitness issues
New Delhi, Dec 16: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a stunning straight-game victory over world number three Xin Wang in the last Group B match of the BWF World Superseries Finals at Liuzhou
New Delhi, Dec 15: India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal stormed into the elimination round of the BWF World Superseries Finals with a straight-game victory over Sayaka Sato of Japan in the women's singles in Liuzhou,
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