All England Championships

All England Championships: Treesa-Gayatri enter semi-finals with win over Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan

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

All England Championships: Defending champions Axelsen, Matsuyama-Shida, Watanabe-Higashino crash out on same day

Both of last year's men's finalists, Viktor Axelsen and Lakshya Sen, lost on Thursday at the All England Open in Birmingham.

All England Championships: Treesa-Gayatri enter quarter-finals; Satwik-Chirag ousted

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.

All England Championships: PV Sindhu suffers another first round exit, Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly stun seventh seeds

PV Sindhu has suffered three first round exits this season: in Malaysia, India and now at the All England Championships in Birmingham.

All England Championships: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy make winning start

Lakshya Sen will square off against Anders Antonsen in the second round, while HS Prannoy will meet third seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting next.

All England Badminton Championships 2023: Indian shuttlers face uphill task in Birmingham

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.

I am living my dream, will always give my 100 per cent on court, says All England finalist Lakshya Sen

The 20-year-old from Uttarakhand has been simply sensational en route to his final appearance at Birmingham but he couldn't go the distance, going down in straight games to World No 1 Axelsen.

All England Open 2022: Lakshya Sen stuns world no 3 Anton Antensen to enter quarter-finals; PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal out

Sen will face either Hong Kong's eighth seed Ng Ka Long Angus or China's Lu Guang Zu next.

All England Open 2022: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal make winning starts; Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy crash out

If PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal win their respective second round matches, they will face each other in the quarter-finals.

All England Open 2022: Lakshya Sen faces primary hurdle in weight of expectations after fine run of form

Indian badminton fans would also hope that the likes of PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth find the missing consistency while Satwik-Chirag and Prannoy live up to their potential.