Orleans Masters: Praneeth advances to third round; Anupama and Ira reach second round
• 3 years agoTop seed Praneeth advanced to the men's singles third round with a straight game win over Czech Republic's Jan Louda at the Orleans Masters Super 100 badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Orleans Masters: Krishna Prasad Garaga, Vishnu Vardhan Goud crumble after positive start to lose men's doubles final
• 4 years agoThe unheralded Indians, the only ones left in contention from the country on the final day, lost 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 in a 56-minute battle with the fourth seeds.
Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal bows out in semis; Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala enter maiden final
• 4 years agoKrishna and Vishnu cheered up the Indian camp with a 21-17 21-17 win over the English pair of Callum Hemming and Steven Stallwood in a 35-minute semi-final clash to reach their maiden final of a Super 100 event
Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal wins thriller against Iris Wang to move to semi-finals as Kidambi Srikanth crashes out
• 4 years agoThe fourth-seeded Indian, who had withdrawn from the All England Championships last week due to an injury, had to dug deep to script a 21-19 17-21 21-19 win over world No 36 Wang
Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth advance to quarter-finals; Chirag Sen bows out
• 4 years agoSaina prevailed over Marie Batomene in the women's singles second round, while Srikkanth beat Cheam Jun Wei 21-17 22-20 in a men's singles third round match
Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth off to winning start; Kiran George stuns HS Prannoy
• 4 years agoFourth seeded Saina, who is desperately seeking ranking points to make it to her fourth Olympics, took just 21 minutes to beat Rachael 21-9 21-5 and set up a clash with France's Marie Batomene.
Orleans Masters 2021: Indian woman shuttler withdraws after member of entourage tests positive for COVID-19
• 4 years agoIn a statement, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said that a total of three players have been withdrawn from the event which began with the qualifiers.
Coronavirus pandemic: Orleans Masters Badminton 2020 latest event to get cancelled due to COVID19 scare
• 5 years agoOrleans Masters badminton tournament later this month, where six Indians were to participate, was on Friday cancelled due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, joining a growing list of Olympic qualifying events which were affected by the deadly disease.