Badminton

Superseries: Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy, Ashwini-Sikki advance to Second Round

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Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, H.S. Prannoy and the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy entered the second round. Parupalli Kashyap exited in the opening round of the French Open World Superseries here on Wednesday. Glasgow World Championship bronze medallist Saina staved off a spirited challenge from Denmark’s rising shuttler Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-14, 11-21, 21-10. It …

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Denmark Open: Kidambi Srikanth win third Super Series Premier title

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Denmark Open SSP, Finals: Kidambi Srikanth ends India’s 38-year wait for 2nd trophy in men’s singles. With this win, Srikanth clinched his third Super Series title in 2017. He is only the sixth player in badminton history to reach four men’s singles Super Series finals. He is also the second Indian after Saina Nehwal to win three Super Series titles …

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India assuring 4 Medals in Asiad 2017

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India assured of its first ever women’s singles medal in the Asian Games. World No.21 Chinappa blanked 183rd ranked South Korea Song Sunmi 11-9 11-7 11-7 at the Yeorumul Squash Courts. After top players Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa won their respective openers here today. They set up an exciting contest in the quarterfinals. Indian girl’s doubles pair (Under-17) of …

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PV Sindhu Will Face Okuhara In The Korea Open Finals!

PV Sindhu | Korea Open | Nozomi Okuhara | He Bingjiao

The Indian badminton sensation, PV Sindhu, has entered the finals of Korea open. She will face the world champion, Nozomi Okuhara in the finals in Seoul. She will get a chance to avenge her loss at the World Badminton Championship, three weeks ago. Both these athletes faced each other in the finals of World Badminton Championship where Okuhara defeated PV …

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