Sameer Verma
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Indonesia Masters 2021: PV Sindhu aims for podium finish as Saina Nehwal pulls out due to injury
•The 2019 World Championship in Switzerland was Sindhu's last title.
Denmark Open 2021: Sameer Verma shocks Anders Antonsen to enter quarter-finals as Lakshya Sen bows out
•The 27-year-old Verma from Madhya Pradesh will lock horns with 33-year-old Tommy Sugiarto, a bronze winner at the 2014 World Championships.
Uber Cup: Indian women's team bows out after losing to Japan in quarter-finals
•Meanwhile, the men's team, which is already through to the quarter-finals, suffered a 1-4 defeat in their last group match, setting them up against Denmark in the last-eight stage
Thomas Cup: Indian men's team lose to China in last group match, to face Denmark in quarters
•The Indians thus finished their group engagements at second place behind China, setting them up against Denmark in the last-eight stage on Friday.
Thomas Cup: Indian men's team beats Tahiti 5-0 to enter quarter-finals
•It was a second straight 5-0 win for India, with the team having beaten the Netherlands by an identical margin on Sunday.
Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth to lead India teams in Thomas and Uber Cup Finals
•BAI also on Sunday named a 12-member Indian team for the Sudirman Cup, which is slated to take place from 26 September to 3 October in Finland.
All England Open 2021: Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy pair enters quarters; Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty eliminated
•The world number 30 pair of Ashwini and Sikki took just 33 minutes to see off the 13th ranked duo of Gabriela and Stefani 21-17 21-10 in the second-round match on Thursday night.
All England Open 2021: Saina Nehwal retires due to injury; four Indians in Round 2 of men's singles
•Saina, who finished second best here in 2015, looked in discomfort with her right thigh and decided to retire after lagging 8-21, 4-10 behind in her opening round match against seventh seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark on Wednesday night.
All England Open 2021: 'No gym, no practice for two days,' tweets Saina Nehwal day ahead of opener
Fpsports •With just a day remaining for the start of the main round of the All England Championships, Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal took to social media to express her dismay at being kept quarantined in her hotel room in Birmingham for over two days
Swiss Open 2021: Tepid Indian performance at Basel a reason to worry about Tokyo Olympics qualification
Shirishnadkarni •The early exits of Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen did them no favours as they fight to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.