Mixed day for Indian shuttlers as defending champion Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and B. Sai Praneeth advanced to the next round while Parupalli Kashyap, Ajay Jayaram and H.S. Prannoy bowed out from Australian Superseries tournament.
After winning two games on the trot, India's ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap will take on World No.1 Korean Son Wan Ho in the main draw of the Australian Open Super Series in Sydney.
Praneeth booked his place in the final after registering an easy 21-11 21-15 win against local player Pannawit Thongnuam while second seed Saina went down narrowly 19-21 18-21 to local shuttler Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina was made to toil hard by Japan's Haruko Suzuki before the Indian used all her experience to bounce back in the third game and clinch it 21-15, 20-22, 21-11.
Second seed Saina outclassed Ying Ying Lee of Malaysia 21-11 21-14 in a 40-minute match to set up a clash with Japanese qualifier Haruko Suzuki.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal have been condemned by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for giving financial assistance to the families of 12 CRPF men killed in a Naxal ambush in Sukma district in March
Sachin Tendulkar’s much awaited bio drama, Sachin: A Billion Dreams will be released worldwide tomorrow. Not just Amitabh Bachchan, but Indian cricketers Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and many others have already given their movie review.
Khanna, a retired civil engineer, was pretty impressed with the improved fitness of B Sai Praneeth who recently won the men's singles crown in the Singapore Open Super Series.
Deepika Padukone said that she has never been approached for a biopic on Saina Nehwal.
Shraddha Kapoor, who will be seen playing Saina Nehwal in an upcoming biopic directed by Amole Gupte, says she is really honoured to essay the role of the Indian badminton star in the film.
In mixed doubles category, it was end of road for Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N.Sikki Reddy as the Indian pair failed to climb the Chinese wall and thus got beaten by Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen in the opening round of the tournament.
With her recent viral pictures from Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai, Shraddha Kapoor has already created a lot of buzz on the internet and now the Half Girlfriend actress has reportedly replaced Deepika Padukone for upcoming Saina Nehwal biopic.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu, meanwhile, will look to put behind her disappointing first-round exit at Malaysia when she leads the Indian challenge here.
Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu suffered setbacks with both being knocked out in the opening round of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier on Wednesday.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu today won against two-time India Open badminton champion Saina Nehwal in straight games to book a berth in the semi-final of the India Open World Super Series badminton championship at
Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu sailed into the quarter-finals of the India Open World Superseries badminton championships, while men's singles shuttler Sameer Verma continued his rise even as Kidambi Srikanth exited the competition here on
Indian shuttlers enjoyed a successful outing at the India Open 2017 badminton tournament here on Wednesday with most of them sailing through to the second round.
While World No. 9 Saina is a past winner here in 2015, World No.5 PV Sindhu will be aiming for her maiden India Open Superseries title.
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy advanced to the second round of the All England Open Badminton Championships which began at the Barclaycard Arena here on Wednesday.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu continued to reach new heights as she became the second Indian woman to break into the top 5 in the latest BWF World Rankings.
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