Sindhu storms into the finals

Sindhu storms into the finals as India assured of a medal

 August 18, 2016   Vignesh Aravind

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18th August 2016 will be remembered as a red-letter for India. First it was Sakshi Malik who opened the medal account by winning bronze in wrestling. Next it was Sindhu who produced a dominating performance over Japan’s Okuhara to move into the finals. History was created as she is first Indian to achieve this milestone. […]

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P.V. Sindhu will meet Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in Semifinals

 August 17, 2016   kridangan

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P.V. Sindhu who is currently ranked world no 10 in BWF ranking beaten the world no 2 & London Olympics silver medalist Yihan Wang. P.V. Sindhu won this match with very close round 22-20 21-19. After initial struggle Sindhu shown tremendous patience and came back in-game against world number to Yihan Wang. Now Sindhu will […]

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BWF world rankings

Saina Nehwal moves to No.5 in BWF world rankings

 July 2, 2016   kridangan

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Saina Nehwal continuing her move up in BWF rank this month, Saina moved to no 5 rank. This is her highest rank this year, last year she was no 1 in the BWF ranking after that she was slept down to no 8. PV Sindhu, also entered in top 10 player rankings. this good sign […]

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Saina Nehwal

Olympic Bound Saina Nehwal Attributes Her New-Found Aggression to Virat Kohli

 June 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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Late last year, Saina Nehwal rose to the pinnacle in women’s badminton by displacing Spain’s Carolina Marin to the second spot. But the Indian couldn’t keep her top position for long. She had a troubled ankle even as she commanded the top prize in the player auction for the Premier Badminton League held during January […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal Enters the Final of Australian Open Badminton Srikanth Gets Unlucky

 June 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal has entered a super-series final after a long time. But the manner in which she made her way for the title clash in Sydney’s Xiamenair Australian Badminton Super-series was creditworthy. The Indian was up against an opponent, who had always come in her way in the past. But on Saturday, Saina held the […]

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Australian Super-Series

2016 Australian Super-Series: Saina Beats Intanon Enters Semis Srikanth Also in SF

 June 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal showed why she is counted as a threat by women shuttlers around the world. She wasn’t a favorite in the quarterfinal match against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, who was having a great 2016 season except at the BCA Indonesia Superseries last week, where she had lost in the first round. On Friday, however, Intanon […]

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Australian Badminton

Saina Srikanth Storm into Xiamenair Australian Badminton Super-Series Quarterfinals

 June 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Indian shuttlers began well at the Australian Super-Series at Sydney with most of them winning their first-round matches on day one, except PV Sindhu, who lost to Korea’s Kim Hyo Min. On the second day, however, Sameer Verma lost to Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in men’s draw while Tanvi Lad was no match to no.4 seeded […]

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Indonesia Open

Defending Champion Intanon Crashes Out of BCA Indonesia Open Saina & Marin into Round-2

 June 2, 2016   R K Gupta

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The BCA Indonesia Open is 5th out of 12 BWF World Super-series events, from where the top 8 players/pairs will qualify for the season-ending Dubai World Super-series Finals in December 2016. Women’s singles defending champion Ratchanok Intanon fell in her first round match against China’s Sun Yu but India’s Saina Nehwal and tournament top seed […]

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Uber Cup Title

China Beat India Meet Korea for Uber Cup Title for Thomas Cup Indonesia Face Denmark

 May 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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Indian stars did their best but lost both singles and a doubles match to China. Saina Nehwal lost to Li Xuerui, PV Sindhu lost to Wang Shixian and Jwala Gutta/N Sikki Ready went down tamely to the Chinese pair of Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei. The 3-0 triumph took China to the Uber Cup final and on […]

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Ruthvika Shivani

Ruthvika Takes India to Uber Cup Semifinals by Winning the Crucial Singles against Thailand

 May 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s semifinal berth in Uber Cup came from an altogether unexpected quarter. In Thursday’s quarterfinal tie against Thailand, India suffered an early setback, when Saina Nehwal lost to Ratchanok Intanon in straight games. Though PV Sindhu and the doubles team of Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa gave India a 2-1 lead, there was no guarantee of India […]

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