Saina Goes Down Fighting But Sindhu Labors Through to Semifinal of Hong Kong Open
November 26, 2016 R K Gupta
Ajay Jayaram, Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, World BadmintonSaina Nehwal fought another 3-game battle in Hong Kong on Friday before losing in the quarterfinals to local star Cheung Ngan Yi after 71 minutes. Trying to make a comeback at the top echelons of world badminton, Saina never gave up until the end. After losing the first game tamely, the Indian steadied herself and […]
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Thailand Open 2016: Aya Ohori of Japan wins women’s & Tanongsak of Thai wins men’s finals
October 9, 2016 kridangan
Aya Ohori, Badminton, BWF, Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, Thailand, World BadmintonTournament unseeded world Japanese Aya Ohori, who is current world No.35 and bronze medallist at this year’s Japan Open, smashed Thai ace, Bussanan Ongbamrungphan making a clean sweep. The 20-year-old left-hander overpowered world No.16, third-seeded and the Indonesian Masters champion Busanan Ongbamrungpan 25-23 21-8 to dominate the women’s singles event. Tanongsak has yet made it […]
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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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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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Clash of Titans in the Final of Malaysian Open Men’s Singles
April 10, 2016 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian Open, Saina Nehwal, Tai Tzu Ying, World BadmintonThe 2016 Malaysian Open BWF Super-series tournament is down to the final day on Sunday with interesting contests on cards. In the men’s singles final, the top seed Chen Long of China is very aptly pitted against the no.2 seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The two badminton greats had contrasting passages into the final. […]
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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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Contrasting draws for Men and Women in Thomas, Uber Cup
March 22, 2016 Abhishek Das
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, World BadmintonIndia were placed in a relatively easy group in the women’s section but the men’s team did not prove as lucky as their female peers at the draw for the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Finals badminton tournament that was held in Kunshan on Monday. In the men’s section — the Thomas Cup — the […]
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Okuhara Momota Win Singles For a Japanese Grand Double in Dubai’s BWF World Super-series Finals Saina Nehwal Disappoints
December 15, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Dubai World Super-series, Okuhara Momota, Saina Nehwal, World BadmintonNozomi Okuhara was simply brilliant in all her matches of the year-ending BWF World Super-series Finals at Dubai. The Japanese didn’t drop a game during the week-long event, beat world champion Carolina Marin twice and India’s Saina Nehwal once. She was a personified picture of commitment, when she took on China’s Wang Yihan in women’s […]
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The Second Coming of Malaysian Badminton Superstar Lee Chong Wei
December 13, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia, World BadmintonWhen Lee Chong Wei was served a doping ban in November 2014, the news shocked sports fans around the world. Badminton suddenly became bereft of one of the greatest names in the game. Media reports likened Lee’s absence to jettisoning Sachin Tendulkar from cricket or Roger Federer from tennis. Mood in Malaysia was one of […]
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Sensational Exploits of Spain’s Carolina Marin in the World of Badminton
December 3, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Carolina Marin, spain, World BadmintonHumanity’s love of sport is global and knows no boundaries and it transcends man-made national and cultural divisions. New sports star emerge every day and there are instances of men and women acquiring overnight fame. The excellence in sport encompasses some of the noblest human aspirations and qualities and those, who make their marks; become […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRANNOY H. S. | 62,410 |
| 2 | Viktor AXELSEN | 61,500 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 58,580 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 55,060 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 52,440 |