The second-seeded Indian pair, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, was solid in defence and dished out an attacking game to outwit the world No. 21 pair 21-19, 24-22 in 54 minutes
Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated third seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-19, 17-21, 21-17 in an enthralling semifinal at the Swiss Open.
Indian doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi late on Saturday night.
PV Sindhu lost 15-21, 21-12, 18-21 to unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night.
The eighth seeded Lakshya Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21, 11-21 to bow out of the men’s singles competition.
The two young shuttlers found the going tough against Korean world number 20 pairing of Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee, losing 10-21 10-21 in a 46-minute women's doubles contest at the Utilita arena.
The World number 17 Indian pair looked solid in their defence and relentless in attack, claiming 21-14 18-21 21-12 win over the newly-formed Chinese pair of Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan in a 64-minute quarterfinals
Both of last year's men's finalists, Viktor Axelsen and Lakshya Sen, lost on Thursday at the All England Open in Birmingham.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa and Gayatri continued their rise as they shocked former world No. 1 pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 24-22 in a pulsating contest.
PV Sindhu has suffered three first round exits this season: in Malaysia, India and now at the All England Championships in Birmingham.
Lakshya Sen will square off against Anders Antonsen in the second round, while HS Prannoy will meet third seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting next.
It has been 22 years since India won the coveted title when Pullela Gopichand (2001) followed the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) to achieve the honour.
In 2019, Carolina Marin was on top as reigning Olympic, World and European champion. Then, disaster struck with back-to-back ACL injuries to her knees.
While Srikanth will be missing in action, finalist of the last edition, last year's runner-up Sen will hope to go the distance this time as he spearheads the Indian challenge.
“…I’d like to talk about my relationship with pvsindhu1 , which many people have asked about. She has made disappointing moves in all recent matches, and as a coach, I feel responsible,” the coach wrote on his Instagram page.
Sindhu will train at Hyderabad's Suchitra Academy where Hashim has joined as a coach after resigning from his role as junior coach with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
China defeated Korea 3-1 to retain the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championship title in Dubai.
India on Saturday narrowly went down 2-3 to formidable China in the semifinals to sign off their campaign with a maiden bronze medal in Asia Badminton Mixed team championships
India staged another inspired comeback, winning the men's and women's doubles events after going 0-2 down before losing the deciding mixed doubles tie.
Down 0-2, the Indians showed great fighting spirit as the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores before Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand clinched the decider.
India followed up their blanking of Kazakhstan with that of United Arab Emirates at the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships
Gavaskar posted a picture with Lakshya Sen on Instagram and captioned it: ''My new badminton hero Lakshya Sen, after the one and only Prakash Padukone.''
Praneeth beat Korea's Hyeok Jin Jeon 24-22, 7-21, 22-20 in the men's singles second-round match to enter the quarters of the Super 300 tournament in Bangkok.
Praneeth beat Mads Christophersen of Denmark 21-13 21-14 in a battle lasting 31 minutes. George, on the other hand, staved off a tough challenge from Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei before emerging victorious 21-17 19-21 23-21.
The prestigious event, which will be returning after the last edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, will be held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre.
Satwik-Chirag had to pull out of Thailand Open as Satwiksairaj failed to recover from his hip injury and will now aim the All-England Championship.
World No. 12 Sen squandered an opening-game advantage to go down 21-15, 10-21, 13-21 to home favourite Christie, ranked third, in a 62-minute men’s singles match.
Lakshya Sen dished out a superlative performance to outwit Japan's Kodai Naraoka 21-12 21-11 while Saina Nehwal eked out a 21-15 17-21 21-15 win over Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po
'India is keen to host Sudirman Cup this year. We have written to BWF expressing our interest, we are expecting a positive response in a fortnight'
Vitidsarn's men's singles victory stood out as the 21-year-old former junior world champion got past the Danish ace and world number one for the first time in six attempts.