Olympic champions Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Karsten Warholm of Norway were named the World Athletes of the Year at the awards night
The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy suffered their second successive loss in the event, going down fighting 19-21 20-22 to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva
Satwik's recurring knee pain aggravated and the duo decided to pull out keeping in mind the upcoming BWF World Championships.
Saurav Ghosal, the top Indian player, clinched the crucial win, as he came back after losing the first two games against Tayyab Aslam in a 56-minute thriller.
The triple-headers will be only-Saturday affairs throughout the whole duration of the league, starting at 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm respectively.
The league, which will be held next year, had earlier announced Garvit Gujarat as its first franchise
Sindhu looked in great control as she opened up a 5-2 lead and though Line made it 7-6, the Indian quickly reeled off 10 straight points to march to 16-8 and seal the opening game comfortably.
India's top shuttler PV Sindhu prevailed Denmark's Line Christophersen in straight sets 21-14, 21-16 in the BWF World Tour Finals 2021 Women's Singles group A match in Bali.
Former World No.1 Saina Nehwal will miss the World Championships for the first time in her international career due to multiple injuries that have derailed her season.
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