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  All England Championships: Saina Nehwal crashes out in first round after loss to Akane Yamaguchi

  Other Sports | March 12, 2020 12:20 IST

  Saina Nehwal's chances of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics took a big hit after her first-round 11-21 8-21 loss to Akane Yamaguchi at the All England Championships.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu loses first Group A game to Akane Yamaguchi

  Other Sports | December 11, 2019 23:44 IST

  PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 18-21, 8-21 in her first game of the Group A game of the BWF World Tour Finals.

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  Japan Open: PV Sindhu crashes out in the quarterfinal, loses to Akane Yamaguchi

  Other Sports | July 26, 2019 13:23 IST

  India's star shuttler PV Sindhu failed to go past Akane Yamaguchi once again, as she lost in straight games in the quarterfinal at Japan Open.

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  Highlights, Indonesia Open 2019 Final: Yamaguchi beats PV Sindhu 21-15, 21-16 to win title

  Other Sports | July 21, 2019 15:05 IST

  Indonesia Open 2019 Final Live: Get Live Scores and Updates of PV Sindhu vs Akane Yamaguchi Women's singles final Live at IndiaTV.

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  Akane Yamaguchi has good chance to win All England title: Morten Frost

  Other Sports | February 17, 2019 16:05 IST

  Morten Frost believes that although there won't be any clear favourites but he is read to stick his neck out for the young Japanese woman.

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  First time in 4 years: Saina beats Yamaguchi; enters quarterfinal in Denmark Open

  Other Sports | October 18, 2018 16:12 IST

  This was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.

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  Asian Games 2018: I couldn't read Tai Tzu, says Saina Nehwal after bronze finish

  Other Sports | August 27, 2018 16:35 IST

  Saina was beaten in straight games by Tai Tzu in the semifinals, setting the Taipei player up against another Indian in Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu in the final.

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  PV Sindhu beats Akane Yamaguchi to enter second successive World Championship final

  Other Sports | August 04, 2018 20:16 IST

  Sindhu, who had finished runners-up at the Glasgow edition last year, notched up a superb 21-16 24-22 win over world number two Yamaguchi.

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  All England Championships: PV Sindhu loses to Akane Yamaguchi in semifinals

  Other Sports | March 18, 2018 11:51 IST

  PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-19, 19-21, 18-21 to crash out of the USD 1000,000 All England Championship on Saturday.

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  Dubai Superseries Finals: PV Sindhu settles for silver, loses summit clash against Akane Yamaguchi

  Other Sports | December 17, 2017 21:21 IST

  In the prestigious season-ending tournament finale, Sindhu played her heart out before going down fighting 21-15, 12-21, 19-21 to Yamaguchi in an energy-sapping summit clash that lasted an hour and 31 minutes.

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  Highlights, Dubai Open Superseries: PV Sindhu settles for silver as Japan's Akane Yamaguchi clinches title

  Other Sports | December 17, 2017 18:51 IST

  The match witnessed some high end to end action but it was the Japanese shuttler who won 15-21, 21-12 and 21-19 to win the Dubai Open SS finals.

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  Saina Nehwal: Great feeling to win China Open

  Other Sports | November 16, 2014 16:48 IST

  Fuzhou, China: India's Olympic medal-winning shuttler Saina Nehwal, who clinched her maiden China Open Super Series Premier title Sunday, said it was a "great feeling" to win the tournament."So happy to win my 3rd title