Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram Enters Semifinals to face Top-Seed Tommy Sugiarto Tanvi Lad Crashes Out

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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While India’s Ajay Jayaram entered the final-four of the 2015 Russian Grand Prix badminton by defeating Malaysian fifth seed Wei Feng Chong, India were not so lucky in the women singles draw. Tanvi Lad fought a fierce battle against Russian Evegeniya Kosetskaya before losing in three games. Jayaram now takes on Indonesia’s top-seed Tommy Sugiarto, […]

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Tanvi Lad Indian Shuttlers

Ajay Jayaram Tanvi Lad Other Indian Shuttlers Enter Quarterfinals of 2015 Russian Open

 July 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the 2015 Russian Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament at Vladivostok, many Indian shuttlers in different categories have advanced to the quarterfinals after the conclusions of Thursday’s second round matches. In men’s singles, no.3 seed Ajay Jayaram defeated Russia’s Anatoly Yartsev to enter the quarterfinals and among women, India’s Tanvi Lad caused a major upset […]

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Taipei GPG Finals Xuerui Plays Wang -Yihan

Taipei GPG Finals: Chen Long Faces Chou Tien Chen and Xuerui Plays Wang Yihan

 July 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the men’s singles semifinal on Saturday, world no.1 Chen Long of China demolished the challenge of Hong Kong’s 11th seeded Wei Nan and on Sunday he will clash with another Chen from Taiwan. On his part, the Taiwanese Chou Tien Chen scored a grand three-game victory over no.4 seeded Chinese Lin Dan in a […]

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Lee Chong Wei Loses to Chen Long

Lee Chong Wei Loses to Chen Long After a Hard-Fought Quarterfinal Battle at Taipei

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei had a hard match on his hands in playing against world no.1 Chen Long at the Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold Tournament on July 17, 2015. In an unusually long badminton duel, Chong Wei began well to take the first game but the Chinese came back to fight hard […]

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Chinese-Taipei 2015 Kidambi Srikanth

Poor Show by Indians at 2015 Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and PV Sindhu lost their second round matches at the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold tournament at Taipei on Thursday. The Taiwanese GPG tournament has a rich field in men, women single’s and other categories with most top players participating. While India’s Saina Nehwal opted to […]

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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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Lee Chong Wei

Despite His Own Brilliant Show, Lee Chong Wei Couldn’t Prevent Malaysia’s Loss in SEA Games

 June 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the last 10 years, Malaysia’s badminton superstar and former world no.1, Lee Chong Wei came to play at the SouthEast Asian Games for the first time. Badminton is one of the disciplines at the 28th SEA Games, currently underway at Singapore. Since his return from the eight-month doping ban, global badminton community is keeping […]

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BWF Super-series

Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon are New Singles Champions of BCA Indonesian BWF Super-series Premier

 June 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what transpired to be fateful tournament for top-ranked badminton stars, the BCA Indonesia Open threw up some new champions on the final day. In the course of one week, the tournament saw major world stars falling like nine-pins and Jan O Jorgensen, who was the lone survivor until Saturday, also fell on last day […]

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Carolina Marin

Carolina Marin and Chen Long Win Singles Titles, Chinese Allowed Only Two Top Spots on the Final Day of Star Australian Badminton Open

 June 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Chinese brigade, which figured in each of the five finals on the last day of the Star Australian was allowed only two titles in Star Australian BWF Super-series Tournament, which concluded at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday. While women’s World Champion Carolina Marin showed her class in winning the final against Wang Shixian, world […]

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