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Sindhu Sizzles and Secures 2016 China Open Amid A Huge Chinese Denial on Sunday

 November 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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Sindhu played like a winner from start. Buoyed by her semifinal triumph against Sung Ji Hyun on Saturday, India’s PV Sindhu kept her composure on an even keel, despite the crowd rooting for her Chinese opponent Sun Yu. Except in the middle of the second game, when she squandered a 4-point lead at 14-10 and allowed […]

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Sindhu Storms Into 2016 China Open Final Meets Sun Yu For the Title

 November 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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On Saturday, India’s PV Sindhu showed great tenacity in her semifinal match against Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun. Sindhu lost the first game without any fight and she was down three match points in the second. But the Indian held on grimly, wiped off the deficit and won the hard-fought game to force the decider. The […]

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2016 China Open: Saina Nehwal’s Return to Action Begins on a Losing Note Sindhu Enters SF

 November 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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Not too long ago, Saina Nehwal was a feared name among women in world’s badminton circuit. She won the China Open in 2014 by defeating Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi and finished Runner-up in 2015 after losing to China’s Li Xuerui. But the 2016 season hasn’t been kind to her. The only major event that the Indian […]

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Sakshi Sindhu Shine as Bright Stars in an Otherwise Dismal Indian Sky in 2016 Rio Games

 August 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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One shuddered at the gloomy thought of India’s largest ever contingent in Olympics games coming back empty-handed. Then when all seemed lost, two women came to the nation’s rescue by eking out performances of their lifetime. While badminton star PV Sindhu progressed merrily, the same was not the case of 58-kg freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik. […]

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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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Big Three of Badminton Vie for Men’s Singles Olympic Gold at 2016 Rio Games

 August 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the next three days, the top guys and girls in world badminton will attempt to prove their supremacy in the shuttle sports at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. However, unlike 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games, Rio will not see China’s Lin Dan and Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei playing the gold medal match. The […]

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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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Srikanth Kidambi & P. V. Sindhu will meet world No 2 in their QF Round

 August 15, 2016   kridangan

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India’s Srikanth Kidambi who is currently ranked 11 in BWF Ranking beaten World No 5 Jan O Jorgensen in straight games. He beat the Dane 21-19, 21-19 in the round of 16. He will meet World No 2 Lin Dan in Quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics. This may be difficult match for Srikanth. Srikanth meet Lin […]

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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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Indian shutters Keep Indian Hopes Alive at 2016 China Open

 April 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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With 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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