Defending champion Saina Nehwal suffers a shock exit, PV Sindhu advances to second round in Indonesian Masters

January 15, 2020 9:15 PM

Defending champion Saina Nehwal suffers a shock exit, PV Sindhu advances to second round in Indonesian Masters

In Badminton, world champion P.V. Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Indonesia Master in women's singles with a hard-earned victory over Japan's Aya Ohori 14-21, 21-15, 21-11. However, defending champion Saina Nehwal suffered a shock exit from the tournament in Jakarta today. It was also curtains for world championships bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Verma and Sameer Verma in the men's singles. Sindhu will take on...

Parupalli Kashyap storms into semi-finals of Korea Open

September 27, 2019 3:50 PM

Parupalli Kashyap storms into semi-finals of Korea Open

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap progressed to the men's singles semi-finals of the Korea Open Badminton World Tour Super 500 Tournament with a straight-game win over former world no 2 Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen in the quarterfinal match played in Incheon today. In a clinical display, the 33-year-old from Hyderabad, who is the lone Indian left in the fray, outsmarted Jorgensen 24-22, 21-8 in 37 minutes to make it to his second semifinal of the season. The 2014 Commonwealth Game...

Parupalli, Sourabh lose to end Indian challenge at Korea Open

November 28, 2018 5:12 PM

Parupalli, Sourabh lose to end Indian challenge at Korea Open

India's campaign ended early at the Korea Open Badminton tournament with Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma crashing out in the opening day of the men's singles event in Gwangju, South Korea on Wednesday.  A former world number 6, Kashyap, who is a 2014 Commonwealth Games champion, lost 17-21, 21-13, 8-21 to eighth-seeded Lee Dong Keun of South Korea in a match that lasted an hour and 19 minutes. Sourabh Verma, who had clinched the Dutch Open this year, also went down fighting...