World Badminton Championships; Prannoy defeats Lakshya Sen; Saina Nehwal falls in the pre-quarters

Saina Nehwal/File photo Tokyo: HS Prannoy defeats Commonwealth Games gold medalist Laksha Sen in World Badminton Championship. Prannoy came back from losing the first game in men’s singles to defeat Lakshya Sen. Score 17-21, 21-16, 21-17. Prannoy’s victory came after a 75-minute long battle. This is the second time in a row that Lakshya Sen … Read more

World Badminton Championships: Winning and Losing Starts | World Badminton Championship: Winning and losing starts

Tokyo: India won and lost on the first day of the World Badminton Championship. In men’s singles, Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Malayalee star HS Prannoy started with a win. While Indian teams advanced in women’s doubles and mixed doubles, B. Sai Praneeth lost in the first round in men’s singles … Read more

Commonwealth Games: PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen in final | Commonwealth Games Badminton: PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen in finals

Birmingham: India’s PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen in finals in Commonwealth Games badminton singles. In the men’s semi-finals, Lakshya Sen defeated Singapore’s Jason Teh and Sindhu defeated Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min in the women’s semi-finals. Lakshya Sen’s victory was 21-10, 18-21, 21-16. Lakshya Sen won the first set easily but Jason fought back in the … Read more

Indonesia Open; Sindhu, out of target | Indonesia Open: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen Bow Out,

Jakarta: Leading Indian cricketers P.V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen miss the semifinals of the Indonesian Open Super Series 500. In the quarterfinals, Sindhu lost to Thailand’s Rachanok Inton in straight sets (12-21, 10-21) and lost to Taiwan’s Tian Chen Chow in three sets (21-16 12-21 21-14). Sindhu, the fourth seed, surrendered without even facing the … Read more

Korea Open: Sindhu, Srikanth in quarterfinals; Out of target | PV Sindhu, K Srikanth storm into quarters in Korea Open

Seoul: Indian players P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth in the quarterfinals. World No. 7 Sindhu defeated Aya Ohori of Japan 21-15 21-10 and Srikanth defeated Misha Silberman of Israel 21-18 21-6. Third seed Sindhu will face Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrangfan in the last eight. Last month, Sindhu defeated Busan in the final of the Swiss Open. … Read more