Birmingham, March 20 (Ians) Reigning world badminton champion P.V. Sindhu rallied to enter the women's singles semi-finals of All England Open Championships here on Friday with a tough win over Japanese third seed Akane Yamaguchi.
In a quarter-final match, Sindhu beat Akane 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.
In the semi-finals, fifth seed Sindhu will face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
Earlier, in a quarter-final match, Pornpawee beat unseeded Beiwen Zhang of the USA 7-21, 21-13, 21-9 in 38 minutes.
Also on Friday, India's Lakshya Sen crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 17-21, 21-16, 17-21. The match, which lasted 55 minutes, saw the end of Indian challenge in men's singles.
Caljouw, who had beaten Sen once before, won the first set 21-17 in 17 minutes. He was leading 11-8 at one point and maintained it to go 1-0 up. The 19-year-old...
In a quarter-final match, Sindhu beat Akane 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.
In the semi-finals, fifth seed Sindhu will face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
Earlier, in a quarter-final match, Pornpawee beat unseeded Beiwen Zhang of the USA 7-21, 21-13, 21-9 in 38 minutes.
Also on Friday, India's Lakshya Sen crashed out in the quarter-finals, losing to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 17-21, 21-16, 17-21. The match, which lasted 55 minutes, saw the end of Indian challenge in men's singles.
Caljouw, who had beaten Sen once before, won the first set 21-17 in 17 minutes. He was leading 11-8 at one point and maintained it to go 1-0 up. The 19-year-old...
- 3/20/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Birmingham, March 19 (Ians) India's Lakshya Sen crashed out of the All England Open Championships quarter-finals on Friday, losing to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 17-21, 21-16, 17-21. The match, which lasted 55 minutes, saw the end of Indian challenge in men's singles.
Caljouw, who had beaten Sen once before, won the first set 21-17 in 17 minutes. He was leading 11-8 at one point and maintained it to go 1-0 up. The 19-year-old Sen then bounced back in the second game, opening up a lead of 11-6 and later sealing the second game 21-16 to stay alive in the contest.
The world No. 36 Caljouw, however, won the last game 21-17 to seal the clash.
Sen had progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals on Thursday after beating France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18, 21-17 in 53 minutes.
Earlier, Indian women's doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost in the quarter-finals on Friday after a...
Caljouw, who had beaten Sen once before, won the first set 21-17 in 17 minutes. He was leading 11-8 at one point and maintained it to go 1-0 up. The 19-year-old Sen then bounced back in the second game, opening up a lead of 11-6 and later sealing the second game 21-16 to stay alive in the contest.
The world No. 36 Caljouw, however, won the last game 21-17 to seal the clash.
Sen had progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals on Thursday after beating France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18, 21-17 in 53 minutes.
Earlier, Indian women's doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost in the quarter-finals on Friday after a...
- 3/19/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Birmingham, March 18 (Ians) India's Lakshya Sen progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals of the prestigious All England Open badminton tournament on Thursday. Sen beat France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18, 21-17.
Sen will now face either Ireland's Nhat Nguyen, who beat Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday, or Netherland's Mark Caljouw. His result has been the high point for Indians thus far on Day 2 of the Super 1000 tournament with H.S. Prannoy being knocked out in men's singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa losing their mixed doubles match.
Prannoy lost 15-21, 14-21 loss to Japanese world No. 1 Kento Momota in 48 minutes. This is Prannoy's eighth consecutive defeat to Momota, who is making his return to international badminton after over a year after a car crash in January last year led to him missing the rest of the 2020 season.
Meanwhile, Rankireddy and Ponnappa lost 21-19, 21-9 to Japan's Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsumoto in 35 minutes.
Sen will now face either Ireland's Nhat Nguyen, who beat Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday, or Netherland's Mark Caljouw. His result has been the high point for Indians thus far on Day 2 of the Super 1000 tournament with H.S. Prannoy being knocked out in men's singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa losing their mixed doubles match.
Prannoy lost 15-21, 14-21 loss to Japanese world No. 1 Kento Momota in 48 minutes. This is Prannoy's eighth consecutive defeat to Momota, who is making his return to international badminton after over a year after a car crash in January last year led to him missing the rest of the 2020 season.
Meanwhile, Rankireddy and Ponnappa lost 21-19, 21-9 to Japan's Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsumoto in 35 minutes.
- 3/18/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Basel, March 5 (Ians) India's Ajay Jayaram on Thursday stunned Swiss third seed Rasmus Gemke to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth, too, entered the quarter-finals.
Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Sai Praneeth got the better of Spain's Pablo Abian 21-12, 21-17 to enter the last-eight stage.
Reigning women's world champion P.V. Sindhu cruised into the last-eight stage with a straight games win over USA's Iris Wang. Second seed Sindhu saw off the 40th-ranked Iris 21-13, 21-14 in a match that lasted 35 minutes.
Sindhu earlier beat Turkish world No. 29 Neslihan Yigit in straight games and now faces a tricky match-up with Thai fifth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarter-finals.
In a late evening match, world's 10th ranked...
Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Sai Praneeth got the better of Spain's Pablo Abian 21-12, 21-17 to enter the last-eight stage.
Reigning women's world champion P.V. Sindhu cruised into the last-eight stage with a straight games win over USA's Iris Wang. Second seed Sindhu saw off the 40th-ranked Iris 21-13, 21-14 in a match that lasted 35 minutes.
Sindhu earlier beat Turkish world No. 29 Neslihan Yigit in straight games and now faces a tricky match-up with Thai fifth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarter-finals.
In a late evening match, world's 10th ranked...
- 3/4/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Basel, March 4 (Ians) India's Ajay Jayaram on Thursday stunned Swiss third seed Rasmus Gemke to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament while reigning women's world champion P.V. Sindhu cruised into the last eight with a straight games win over USA's Iris Wang.
Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Second seed Sindhu saw off the 40th-ranked Iris 21-13, 21-14 in a match that lasted 35 minutes. Sindhu earlier beat Turkish world no. 29 Neslihan Yigit in straight games but now faces a tricky match-up with Thai fifth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarter-finals.
Earlier in the day, Kidambi Srikanth beat France's Thomas Rouxel in three games to enter the quarter-finals. Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in 52 minutes. He will now face Thai sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen,...
Jayaram, who currently has a world ranking of 60, beat the 12th ranked Gemke 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 to set up a match against Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Second seed Sindhu saw off the 40th-ranked Iris 21-13, 21-14 in a match that lasted 35 minutes. Sindhu earlier beat Turkish world no. 29 Neslihan Yigit in straight games but now faces a tricky match-up with Thai fifth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarter-finals.
Earlier in the day, Kidambi Srikanth beat France's Thomas Rouxel in three games to enter the quarter-finals. Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in 52 minutes. He will now face Thai sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Basel, March 4 (Ians) India's Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday beat France's Thomas Rouxel in three games to enter the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in 52 minutes.
He will now face either Thai sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen or the Netherlands' Mark Caljouw, who had earlier beaten H.S. Prannoy.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also eased into the quarter-finals in the mixed doubles category on Day 3 after beating Indonesia's Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-18, 21-16. Rankireddy and Ponnappa had earlier stunned Indonesian second seeds Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in their first round tie on the first day of the tournament on Wednesday.
Sourabh Verma's campaign in Basel came to an end as he lost 17-21, 14-21 to Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu faces USA's Iris Wang later in the day while second seeded...
He will now face either Thai sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen or the Netherlands' Mark Caljouw, who had earlier beaten H.S. Prannoy.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also eased into the quarter-finals in the mixed doubles category on Day 3 after beating Indonesia's Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-18, 21-16. Rankireddy and Ponnappa had earlier stunned Indonesian second seeds Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in their first round tie on the first day of the tournament on Wednesday.
Sourabh Verma's campaign in Basel came to an end as he lost 17-21, 14-21 to Thai eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu faces USA's Iris Wang later in the day while second seeded...
- 3/4/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Basel, March 3 (Ians) India's Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here with a three-game win over compatriot Sameer Verma. Srikanth beat Verma 18-21, 21-18 and 21-11 in a match that lasted an hour and one minute.
Srikanth, seeded fourth in the tournament, will now face France's Thomas Rouxel in the second round after the latter beat Canada's Xiadong Sheng 21-18, 21-14 in his first round match.
The second day of the Swiss Open sees India's top singles and doubles players in action. Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu kicks off her tournament later in the day with a match against Turkish world no. 29 Neslihan Yigit while 2012 Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal faces Thailand's Phittayapom Chaiwan.
Second-seeded doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty plays Scottish twin brothers Christopher and Matthew Grimley.
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Srikanth, seeded fourth in the tournament, will now face France's Thomas Rouxel in the second round after the latter beat Canada's Xiadong Sheng 21-18, 21-14 in his first round match.
The second day of the Swiss Open sees India's top singles and doubles players in action. Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu kicks off her tournament later in the day with a match against Turkish world no. 29 Neslihan Yigit while 2012 Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal faces Thailand's Phittayapom Chaiwan.
Second-seeded doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty plays Scottish twin brothers Christopher and Matthew Grimley.
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- 3/3/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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