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Thailand Open: Lack of physical fitness apparent in India's performance in first tournament back
Shirishnadkarni • 4 years agoEvery one of the eight singles exponents – six in the men’s category, and two among the women, comprising the cream of Indian badminton – were sidelined before the completion of the second round matches
PBL 2020: Tai Tzu Ying beats Hyderabad Hunters' PV Sindhu in showpiece clash to guide Bengaluru Raptors to first win
• 5 years agoWorld No 2 Tai Tzu Ying beat world champion PV Sindhu in a much-anticipated clash to guide Bengaluru Raptors to victory over Hyderabad Hunters in a Premier Badminton League fixture on Friday.
Indonesia Masters 2020: Miserable campaign for Indian shuttlers casts cloud on Tokyo Olympics participation
Shirishnadkarni • 5 years agoIndia can, by rights, command one quota place in each of the five badminton events at Tokyo 2020, but to squeeze in a second entry in any of the 64-player draws requires that player or pair to be ranked inside the top-15 in the world
Indonesia Masters: PV Sindhu bows out after losing to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in thrilling quarter-final clash
• 5 years agoSindhu frittered away a one-game lead to lose 21-16 16-21 19-21 in a thrilling quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and six minutes.
Badminton in 2019, Part 1: Lakshya Sen’s rise in rankings coincides with steep drop in form of India’s elite shuttlers
Shirishnadkarni • 5 years agoThe only titles that Indian men’s singles players bagged in 2019 were two World Tour Super 100 category events by Sourabh Verma, and five crowns in a short span of three months towards the end of the year by teenager Lakshya Sen, although they were mostly at the relatively lower-category Super 100 and Challenger tournaments that the top-15 players consider it beneath their dignity to participate in.
BWF singles rankings: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen jumps nine places to career-best 32nd spot
• 5 years agoLakshya achieved the feat by winning the title at the Bangladesh International Challenge on Sunday, his fifth of the year in last seven tournaments.
Sourabh Verma attains career-best BWF ranking of 29 after runner-up finish in Syed Modi International
• 5 years agoRiding on his runners-up finish at the Syed Modi International, Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma on Tuesday achieved a career-best position of 29 in the latest BWF ranking.
Syed Modi International: Sourabh Verma clinches silver after losing to Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei in final
• 5 years agoSourabh came into the summit clash with a 1-1 head-to-head record, having lost narrowly to Tzu Wei at the Tong Yun Kai Cup in March this year.
Syed Modi International: Sourabh Verma enters summit clash with gritty win; Rituparna Das bows out in semis
• 5 years agoA gritty Sourabh Verma entered the men's singles final after a hard-fought three-game win over Korea's Heo Kwang Hee in the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International at Lucknow on Saturday.
Syed Modi International: Sourabh Verma, Rituparna Das advance to semi-finals, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out
• 5 years agoIndian shuttlers Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das advanced to the semi-finals but Kidambi Srikanth made an exit after losing in the quarter-finals of the Syed Modi International tournament on Friday.