Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa

Jwala Gutta – Ashwini Ponnappa Enter Canada Open Final, Lee Chong Wei in Men’s Final

 June 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the Canada Open Grand Prix being played at Calgary, India’s Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa continued their march and reached tournament final on Saturday. In semifinal, the Commonwealth Games silver-medal winners defeated Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto of Japan 21-17, 21-16. For the title game on Sunday, the Indian duo will take on Netherlands’ Eefje Muskens/Selena […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Despite His Own Brilliant Show, Lee Chong Wei Couldn’t Prevent Malaysia’s Loss in SEA Games

 June 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the last 10 years, Malaysia’s badminton superstar and former world no.1, Lee Chong Wei came to play at the SouthEast Asian Games for the first time. Badminton is one of the disciplines at the 28th SEA Games, currently underway at Singapore. Since his return from the eight-month doping ban, global badminton community is keeping […]

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BWF Super-series

Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon are New Singles Champions of BCA Indonesian BWF Super-series Premier

 June 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what transpired to be fateful tournament for top-ranked badminton stars, the BCA Indonesia Open threw up some new champions on the final day. In the course of one week, the tournament saw major world stars falling like nine-pins and Jan O Jorgensen, who was the lone survivor until Saturday, also fell on last day […]

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Kento Momota

Kashyap Squanders Chances to Give Way to Momota, Jorgensen Ready to defend His 2014 Title and Intanon Storms into Women’s Final at Indonesian Open

 June 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian badminton star Parupalli Kashyap squandered a dominating position to crash out of the Indonesia Open as he lost to 8th seed Kento Momota of Japan in Saturday’s semifinal. Kashyap created a sensation by defeating world no.1 Chen Long in quarterfinal on Friday but against Momota, errors at crunch points, when the game was tilted in […]

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Indonesia Open Super-series

Kashyap Shocks Chen Long but Saina Loses to Old Foe Wang Shixian at Jakarta

 June 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold-medalist Parupalli Kashyap caused a stunning upset at the $800,000 Indonesia Open Super-series Premier by beating world no.1 and top seed Chen Long of China. The Chinese didn’t expect Kashyap’s brilliant turnaround after the Indian lost the first game. But the Indian fought hard in the second game and finished a […]

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Indonesia Open Superseries

Lin Dan Done in by Sugiarto but Saina and Kashyap Reach Quarterfinals of Indonesia Open Superseries Premier

 June 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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Local hero Tommy Sugiarto became a part of badminton history by becoming the only player to hand two first-round defeats to China’s Lin Dan. After New Delhi, Sugiarto repeated his feat at the BCA Indonesia Open Super-series badminton tournament. Egged on by the phenomenal crowd support at the famed Istora Senayan Badminton Arena of Jakarta, […]

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Carolina Marin

Carolina Marin and Chen Long Win Singles Titles, Chinese Allowed Only Two Top Spots on the Final Day of Star Australian Badminton Open

 June 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Chinese brigade, which figured in each of the five finals on the last day of the Star Australian was allowed only two titles in Star Australian BWF Super-series Tournament, which concluded at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday. While women’s World Champion Carolina Marin showed her class in winning the final against Wang Shixian, world […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal, Li Xuerui Sent Packing Out of Star Australian Open

 May 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Shixian Wang proved too strong for world no.1 Saina Nehwal in their quarterfinal match. In two easy games lasting about 40 minutes, Wang’s fluidity on the court prevented Saina from finding her bearings as the Indian’s dream of defending her title lay in shatters. In another major upset on a fateful Friday, women’s top seed […]

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Australian Open badminton

Saina Into Quarterfinals but Srikanth Jwala/Ashwini Bow Out of Australian Open

 May 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina continued her march in the Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament. All matches in every category are tough because of the presence of all top stars in the prestigious tournament. For India’s ace shuttler and world no.1 Saina Nehwal, the second round match against Chinese Sun Yu was a hard grind. In a match […]

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Saina, Srikanth indian badminton

Saina, Srikanth Storm into Second Round of Star Australian Open Badminton

 May 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.1 and second seeded Saina Nehwal of India had an easy passage to the second round of the Star Australian Open Superseries, when she brushed aside a challenge by world no.67 Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu of Malaysia. Saina’s compatriot and fourth men’s seed Kidambi Srikanth had a tough encounter with Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus and […]

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