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India Open Final

Historic Day for Indian Badminton as Saina Nehwal is crowned World’s No.1 and Along With Srikanth Reaches India Open Final

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was a proud moment for Indian Badminton, when Saina Nehwal attained the no. 1 spot in BWF Rankings even before her semifinal match, since her closest competitor Carolina Marin of Spain lost in the other semifinal against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. Saina then celebrated her new exalted status by defeating Japan’s Yui […]

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Sunrise India Open 2015

Yonex Sunrise India Open 2015: Saina, Srikanth Storm into Semis, Sugiarto Shocks Super Dan, Prannoy Loses to Axelsen

 March 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Women’s no.1 seed Saina Nehwal of India entered the semifinal of the India Open on Friday with a two-game 39 minute win over Hana Ramadhini of Indonesia, while her compatriot men’s no.2 seed Kidambi Srikanth also reached the semifinal after a tough match with Japan’s Takuma Ueda. Women’s no.2 seed Carolina Marin of Spain also […]

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Sameer Verma

Sameer Verma Shocks No.5 seed Vittinghus at Yonex Sunrise India Open on Day 2

 March 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second day at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open brought cheers to Indian badminton fans from a totally unexpected quarter. At the Siri Fort Complex in New Delhi, young Sameer Verma created waves by handing a shock defeat to Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in two games. On the same day, Chinese Taipei’s no.4 seed Chou Tien Chen […]

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Grand Prix Gold Kidambi Srikanth

Kidambi Srikanth Is the First Ever Indian Man to Win Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold

 March 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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It is a huge credit for India’s Kidambi Srikanth that he has been recognized by BWF as no. 4 in the world. The Indian has shown continuous improvement in his game over the year and to prove that his China Open triumph was not a mere fluke, he has now won the $120,000 Swiss Open […]

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All-England Women title

A Resurgent Marin Defeats Error-Prone Saina to Win All-England Women’s Title

 March 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a huge build-up of expectations leading to the final of the Yonex 2015 All-England Open Badminton Championships, Indian sports community met with disappointment. In her title clash against Spain’s Carolina Marin, Saina Nehwal began promisingly to take the first game and opened a sizeable lead in the second. Just when everyone thought of a […]

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Indian suttler England Open Badminton Championships

Saina Nehwal Makes History as First Indian Women Ever To Enter the Final of All England Open Badminton Championships

 March 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal did India proud on Saturday, when she inscribed her name in history books as the only Indian women to have ever entered the final of the Yonex 2015 All-England Open Badminton Championships. The All England Open Badminton Championships is one of the oldest and most prestigious open badminton tournaments in the world. It […]

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Kashyap

Saina and Kashyap Are Champions of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Tournament

 January 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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While Saina Nehwal successfully defended her title, third seed Parupalli Kashyap scored an upset win over top seeded Kidambi Srikanth in the final to emerge as men’s singles champion in the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships, which concluded at Lucknow on Sunday. Women’s top seed Nehwal continued with her stupendous run in the tournament and […]

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Syed Modi Grand Prix

Three Indians in the Finals of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Tournament at Lucknow

 January 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Syed Modi Open is the second Grand Prix Gold USD 120,000 event of the 2015 season after the Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters last week. Like every year, it has Lucknow as its venue, where the tournament is being organized by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association at Babu Banarsi Das UP Badminton Academy, Gomti Nagar. It is […]

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Lee Hyun Il and Nozomi Okuhara

Lee Hyun Il and Nozomi Okuhara Clinch Singles Honors at 2015 Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters

 January 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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After winning the Thailand International Challenge in Bangkok last week, Korea’s 34-year old veteran Lee Hyun Il won the men’s singles trophy at the Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters Tournament that concluded in the Malaysian city of Kuching on January 18, 2015. This was Lee’s way of telling the Badminton World that the Bangkok triumph was […]

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Saina Nehwal-Hyderabad Hotshots Player

Srikanth, Saina Improve Their World Rankings with Fine Performances in 2014

 December 30, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Badminton World Federation announced their latest rankings at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, December 25, as per which Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal have jumped up several places to finish fourth in men’s and women’s singles categories. Playing gutsy badminton, the two Indians rode on their super performances in the latter part […]

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