Indian Badminton
Jwala Ashwini

Jwala, Ashwini Win Women Doubles’ Title at Canada GP, Lee Chong Wei Takes Men’s Crown

 June 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian women’s doubles team of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnnappa culminated their successful run in the Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament with a straight games victory in the title match against the Dutch duo of Eefge Muskens and Selena Piek on Sunday evening. Jwala/Ashwini had won the bronze medal in 2011 World Championship and […]

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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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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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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 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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Saina Nehwal

India Crash out of Sudirman Cup after Dismal Show Against Korea on Wednesday

 May 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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India had a bad day in their match against Korea in Dongguan, where Saina Nehwal was the lone bright spot in the 1-4 loss in the Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup. Three-time champions Korea dominated in every other tie and India’s weakness in doubles’ games came to the fore yet again. With the completion of all […]

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Parupalli Kashyap Enters Singapore Super-Series Semifinals

 April 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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One of the survivors of the men’s singles bloodbath on Thursday, India’s Parupalli Kashyap continued with his brilliant performance in defeating Frenchman Brice Leverdez on Friday and sealed the semifinal berth in the $300,000 Singapore Open Super Series Badminton Tournament. Unfortunately, another Indian, HS Prannoy couldn’t play his quarterfinal against Japanese Kento Momota because of […]

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