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19 January, 2021 15:22 IST P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth notched up straight-game wins, while Sameer Verma shocked world no 10 Lee Zii Jia as Indian shuttlers made impressive starts at the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament here on Tuesday. A week after being sent packing by Denmarks Mia Blichfeldt in the first event of the Asia leg, world champion Sindhu showed great discipline and focus to see off world no 12 Busanan 21-17 21-13 in the womens singles opener. In mens singles, former...

Thailand Open: Sindhu and Ashwini-Sikki pair knocked out PV Sindhu Bangkok– Reigning women’s world champion PV Sindhu, men’s World Championships bronze medallist Sai Praneeth, and women’s doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost their first-round matches and crashed out of the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Sindhu lost 21-16, 24-26, 13-21 to world No.18 Mia Blichfeldt in a match that lasted 74 minutes. This was Sindhu’s first to...

Thailand Open: Saina, Srikanth ease into 2nd round, Prannoy out(3rd ld) ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Jan 13 2021 20:36 IST | ​ 0 Views Badminton player Kidambi Srikanth. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Bangkok, Jan 13 : Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth cruised into the second round of Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament on Wednesday. While Saina will face Thailands Busanan Ongbamrungphan, Srikanth faces Malaysias Lee Zii Jial...

Current world champion PV Sindhu crashed out in the opening round of the Thailand Open after losing to Denmarks Mia Blichfeldt on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Sindhu lost 21-16, 24-26, 13-21 to world No.18 Blichfeldt in a match that lasted 74 ...

Reigning womens world champion PV Sindhu, mens World Championships bronze medallist Sai Praneeth, and womens doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost their first-round matches and crashed out of the Thailand Open Super 1000 ...

Saina and rest of Indian squad leave for Thailand By IANS|   Published: 3rd January 2021 6:35 pm IST New Delhi, Jan 3 : The Indian badminton team and support staff left for Thailand on Sunday to compete in two back-to-back BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournaments and the BWF World Tour Finals. The team includes Olympic hopefuls Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth while world champion P.V. Sindhu will be travelling from England where she has been training since October. The first Tha...

Ludhiana: The police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers, with the arrest of four. Eight stolen cellphones and a motorcycle they used to execute snatchings have been recovered from them. The accused have been identified as Wasim Akram, 22, of SBS Nagar, Pakhowal Road, who is a tailor; Raj Kumar, 25, a labourer of Sham Nagar; Hardeep Singh, 25, also a labourer of Sunet village; and Sooraj Kumar, 19, a painter of Sunet village. Additional deputy commissioner of police-III Sameer...

Badminton in 2020: Smashing start derailed by Covid-19 Fabian Peter By and large, 2020 has been a tough year for sports. Badminton players, especially, were left on the sidelines for most of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And to make things worse, the coronavirus continues to be a major concern, threatening to postpone and cancel more events next year. But it was not all gloom and doom from the kickoff. The year got off to a reasonably good start for several Malaysian ...