Saina Nehwal out of Thailand Masters,suffers a shock defeat in first round

January 22, 2020 7:02 PM

Saina Nehwal out of Thailand Masters,suffers a shock defeat in first round

In badminton, India's campaign at the Thailand Masters badminton tournament ended in Bangkok today with the defeat of ace shuttler Saina Nehwal. The fifth seeded Saina lost to unseeded Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 13-21 ,21-17, 15-21 in a hard fought 47-minute contest. This was Saina's  second consecutive opening round defeat. Saina had also lost in the opening round of the Indonesia Masters last week after entering the quarterfinals in the Malaysia Masters last month.  ...

Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashes out in first round of Australian Open

January 21, 2020 10:43 AM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashes out in first round of Australian Open

India's top-ranked player Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out in the first round of Australian Open Tennis tournament to Tatsuma Ito of Japan at Melbourne this morning. World No. 122 Prajnesh went down 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. The match had been rescheduled yesterday because of rain. Prajnesh, entered the main draw of the men's singles event as a lucky loser in the qualifiers.  This was Prajnesh's fifth straight appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event having earlier playe...