HS Prannoy to play in Men's Singles quarter finals of BWF World Championships in Copenhagen

August 25, 2023 8:56 PM

HS Prannoy to play in Men's Singles quarter finals of BWF World Championships in Copenhagen

HS Prannoy will take on Danish Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-final of the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday.   Prannoy defeated Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the pre-quarter final last night.   However, the star pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty today lost to Danish pair of A Rasmussen and K Astrup, 18-21, 19-21.

Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi clinch BWF World Championships singles title

August 29, 2022 8:05 AM

Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi clinch BWF World Championships singles title

World number one shuttler Viktor Axelsen clinched his second BWF World Championships title after beating Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in Tokyo yesterday. In the men's singles final, reigning Olympic champion Axelsen prevailed over world number 17 Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16. Denmark's Axelsen has lost only one singles match this season. It is his third major title in a year, he won the Tokyo Olympics crown and followed it up with the All England title. The women's ...

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen advances to 2nd round of Men's Singles at BWF World Championships in Tokyo

August 22, 2022 8:36 PM

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen advances to 2nd round of Men's Singles at BWF World Championships in Tokyo

In the BWF World Championships in Tokyo, ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run, trouncing Danish Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men's singles second round at BWF World Championships. The 20-year-old Sen, who had returned with a bronze on his debut in Spain last year, prevailed 21-12 21-11 over an erratic Vittinghus in his opening match. India also registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the o...

BWF World Championships: H.S. Prannoy Enroute to pre-quarterfinals, PV Sindhu up against Pornpawee Chochuwong

December 15, 2021 9:37 PM

BWF World Championships: H.S. Prannoy Enroute to pre-quarterfinals, PV Sindhu up against Pornpawee Chochuwong

In Badminton, H.S. Prannoy extended his dream run with another impressive victory against Daren Liew of Malaysia 21-7, 21-17 in the second round of the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain today. Prannoy entered the men's singles pre-quarterfinals along with Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen. Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy shocked Chinese 14th seeds Liu Xuan Xuan and Xia Yu-Ting 21-11, 9-21, 21-13 to join the rest of the Indian squad in the pre-quar...

P V Sindhu advances to second round at BWF World Championships

August 21, 2019 9:42 PM

P V Sindhu advances to second round at BWF World Championships

Two-time silver medallist P V Sindhu outsmarted Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po 21-14 21-14 in her opening match at the BWF World Championships at Basel in Switzerland today.     The fifth-seeded Indian, who received a bye in the opening round, is likely to face USA's Beiwen Zhang, seeded ninth, in the pre-quarterfinals. Sindhu, an Olympic silver medallist, had lost to Zhang at the India Open finals last year. Among others, the Indian pairing of Jakkapudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram...