Indian Women Enter Uber Cup Quarters But Men Disappoint in Thomas Cup
May 19, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Uber CupIndia’s women squad for Uber Cup suffered a 2-3 defeat against Japan but still managed to reach the playoff stage. In their last Group D match, in Kunshan, Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu won their singles matches but India lost the other singles match and both the doubles matches. Regardless, India qualified because they ended […]
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Poor Prospects for India Made Poorer With Kidambi Srikanth Pulling Out of Thomas Cup
May 13, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, Thomas CupIndia have never won either the Thomas Cup or the Uber Cup, the two major badminton events branded as the world’s Premier Team Championships for men and women. In world badminton too, India’s exploits have come only in the men and women singles. After Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi and P Gopichand in the earlier decades, […]
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Saina and Six Other Indian Shuttlers Punch Rio Olympic Tickets But Can They Bring Medals
May 5, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, Saina NehwalBadminton at 2016 Rio Games will see 172 participants from several countries selected on the basis of an Olympic Quota System, OQS. Though the Games begin on August 5, 2016, Badminton will be played during August 11-20 at Pavilion 4 of Rio Exhibition Center. The singles events will have 38 men and 38 women while […]
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2016 Badminton Asian Tourney: Saina Storms into Semis Sindhu Srikanth Make Early Exit
April 30, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Saina NehwalIndia’s Saina Nehwal scored a classy win over old foe Wang Shixian on Friday to enter the semifinal of the 2016 Dong Feng Citroen Badminton Asia Championships at China. On Thursday, Saina’s compatriot PV Sindhu made crucial errors at crunch time to lose against Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying while earlier in the competition, Kidambi Srikanth’s […]
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Friday Sees Free Fall for Every Indian Shuttler in 2016 China Grand Prix Gold Tournament
April 23, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, World BadmintonNone of the Indian badminton stars could survive in Changzhou’s China Masters tournament on Friday. They couldn’t progress beyond the quarterfinals and all of them lost in straight games against their more accomplished opponents. It is not super-series tournament, where the field tends to be stronger but the Indians still couldn’t make their mark. Some […]
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Indian shutters Keep Indian Hopes Alive at 2016 China Open
April 22, 2016 R K Gupta
Ashwini Ponnappa, Badminton, badminton world, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Jwala Gutta, Kidambi Srikanth, P.V. SindhuWith Kidambi Srikanth suffering another first-round defeat and Saina Nehwal skipping the China Grand Prix Gold tournament, India’s chances depend solely on quarterfinal performances of PV Sindhu in women’s singles, HS Prannoy in men’s singles and Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa in women’s doubles. Besides Sriknath, India’s other opening round casualties were Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma and […]
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HS Prannoy Scares Chen Long Srikanth Out in 1st Round Sindhu Stays in 2016 Singapore Open
April 14, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Chen Long, HS Prannoy, Indian Badminton, P.V. Sindhu, Singapore Open, World BadmintonIn the ongoing OUE 2016 Singapore Super-series tournament, India’s HS Prannoy gave a huge first-round scare to world no.1 and top-seed Chen Long on Wednesday. In a closely fought deciding third game, the Chinese had to bring out all his shuttling skills to the fore before edging out the feisty Indian. However, Prannoy’s compatriot Kidambi […]
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Momota Wins Men’s Title Intanon Takes Women’s at Delhi’s 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open
April 4, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Yonex Sunrise India OpenJapanese Kento Momota and Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon both looked competent in a tournament, where some big names made early exits. Therefore, it was only appropriate that the two ended up as men and women’s singles champions of 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open that concluded in New Delhi on Sunday. Momota’s few moments of bother came in […]
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Badminton Biggies Bite Dust As Delhi’s 2016 Yonex India Super-Series Enters the Final Day
April 3, 2016 R K Gupta
BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Saina Nehwal, World BadmintonIt is not often that you see players like Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei losing in the second round on the same day at a same tournament. But that did happen at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex on Thursday March 31, 2016. Two of badminton’s biggest stars followed one another out of the India […]
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HS Prannoy Wins Swiss Open Badminton Title Saina Nehwal Disappoints
March 24, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, badminton world, BWF, HS Prannoy, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Saina NehwalIndia’s HS Prannoy surprised everyone by winning the title in the recently concluded Swiss Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament at Basel. The 24-year old Indian, who had a relatively easy passage into the final; defeated Germany’s Marc Zwiebler in the summit clash. However, among women, India’s Saina Nehwal crashed out in the semifinals. Nothing seems […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |