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Top Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu, H.S. Prannoy and Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open 2022 after registering hard-fought wins in their second-round matches, here on Thursday.World No. 7 Sindhu came from a game down ...

Singapore, July 14 (IANS): Top Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu, H.S. Prannoy and Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open 2022 after registering hard-fought wins in their second-round matches, here on Thursday. World No. 7 Sindhu came from a game down in her women’s singles match to defeat world No 59 Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam 19-21, 21-19, 21-18 in one hour and six minutes. Sindhu was caught off-guard by her lower-ranked opponent in the first game and was in a spot ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 8: A fighting HS Prannoy edged out Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama to progress to the semifinals but two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu couldn’t find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Friday. Prannoy, a former top 10 player, continued his consistent run an weathered the storm against world number 14 Tsuneyama to emerge victories 25-23 22-20 in the 60-minute quarterfinal clash, which ebbed and flowed […]

Members of the Indian squad for Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 oozed confidence in a glittering and warm send-off ceremony held here on Thursday.Leading the country in providing best wishes and encouragement to the squad members was the chief ...

NEW DELHI, Jul 5: Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy on Tuesday regained his place in the world’s top 20, riding on his consistent show in the international circuit this season.              The 29-year-old from Kerala, who had played a pivotal role in India’s monumental Thomas Cup win in May, improved two places to 19 in the men’s singles rankings.              Prannoy, who had reached a career-best ranking of eight in 2018, has been one of the most consis...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4:  Star shuttlers P V Sindhu and HS Prannoy will look to sustain their momentum when they spearhead the Indian challenge at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, starting here on Tuesday.              Sindhu and Prannoy had suffered contrasting defeats at the quarterfinal stage of the Malaysia Open Super 750 last week and will look to make amends this week even though there was hardly any time to iron out the flaws.              While S...

Sindhu and Prannoy are the only top singles shuttlers consistently playing BWF World Tour events at the moment from India.

PV Sindhu, seeded seventh, squandered a game lead to lose 13-21 21-15 21-13 to the second seed Tai Tzu, a silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty couldnt play their match and gave a walkover due to an injury to Satwiksairaj.

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