Ratchanok Intanon
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BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu drawn with World No 1 Tai Tzu-ying, local favourite Ratchanok Intanon
•Tai, former world champion Ratchanok and Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu were grouped together with Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong for the round-robin stage of the biosecure tournament in Bangkok.
Thailand Open Super 1000: PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma suffer defeats; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponappa pair enters semi-finals
Fpsports •The unseeded Indian pair toiled hard for one hour and 15 minutes to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21, 24-22, 22-20 in a nail-biting quarterfinal duel.
Badminton in 2019, Part 2: PV Sindhu’s World Championship triumph sole redeeming feature of forgettable year for India
Shirishnadkarni •Sindhu ended 2019 at the sixth spot in the Badminton World Federation rankings, with 72,914 points from participation in 18 World Tour tournaments, with her sole title coming at the World Championships
BWF World Tour 2019 Finals: PV Sindhu's record in top-tier tournaments gives her edge as she aims to end inconsistent year with title
Shirishnadkarni •In 2018, PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the season-ending World Tour Finals. She enters this edition as the World Champion to go with it.
Hong Kong Open: Home favourite Lee Cheuk Yiu caps off stunning run to finals with three-sets win over Anthony Ginting for first major title
•Lee's title run, which includes surprise wins over Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and Kidambi Srikanth of India in the quarter and semi-final, comes after he appeared to show support for the protesters
BWF French Open 2019: An Se Young sends strongest message to date that she's a raging new talent in the shuttle firmament
Shirishnadkarni •An Se Young appears indefatigable, is swift and decisive with her footwork, has a virtually impregnable defence, and an arsenal of accurate strokes.
Thai badminton star Ratchanok Intanon cleared of doping by BWF as tests linked to meat
•Badminton World Federation (BWF) said the women's world number 5 Ratchanok Intanon was found to be in violation of anti-doping regulations earlier this year
PV Sindhu's road to Tokyo 2020 gold gets tricky with Carolina Marin's incredible resurgence from dreadful knee injury
Shirishnadkarni •Carolina Marin’s amazing resurgence spells bad news for recently-crowned world champion PV Sindhu's chances of converting the colour of her Olympic medal from silver at Rio 2016 into gold at Tokyo next year.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: PV Sindhu needs to evolve, add new thinking to armoury for success at Games, says coach Pullela Gopichand
•Gopichand said that Sindhu will be one of the top contenders for the Olympic Gold but will also be a target with competitors having a year to plan against her
Sudirman Cup 2019: Ratchanok Intanon-led Thailand outsmart South Korea; China down Denmark in lopsided contest
Shirishnadkarni •The 2-1 tie score for Thailand set the stage for Intanon’s heroine act that propelled her nation into the penultimate round, to be played on Saturday.