Sindhu crashes out of Korea Open after first-round loss to Zhang
Other Sports | September 25, 2019 11:48 ISTBeiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
Beiwen Zhang scripted a comeback victory to knock PV Sindhu out of the Korea Open.
B. Sai Praneeth had lost the first game 9-21 and was trailing 7-11 in the second when he chose to retire because of injury.
Satwik and Chirag, ranked 15th in the world, ran out of steam after a decent start against their fourth-seeded opponents and went down 19-21 8-21 in the second-round match.
Saina Nehwal was defeated 10-21, 17-21 by Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the first round of China Open.
Lakshya Sen was at his best as he notched up a comfortable 21-14 21-15 win over Victor Svendsen in the title clash that lasted for 34 minutes.
Pullela Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising.
Para badminton player Sukant Kadam wrote to the Prime Minister that the para-contingent also won 12 medals in Para-Badminton World Championship and would "want your blessings".
It was her fifth medal at the World Championships, which is the joint highest in women's singles in the history of the tournament along with Xhang Ning of China.
Apart from Sindhu, BAI also announced Rs 5 Lakh cash reward for World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth.
PV Sindhu reached her third consecutive BWF World Championship final after beating World No. 3 Chen Yufei 21-7 21-14 in the semi-finals.
Saina Nehwal's husband Parupalli Kashyap, who is a badminton player by profession as well, also lashed out at the umpire following the narrow defeat.
PV Sindhu will take on Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying in a much-anticipated women's singles quarterfinal contest at the BWF World Championships.
Saina Nehwal lost 21-15 25-27 12-21 against Mia Blichfeldt, seeded 12th, in a marathon women's singles match.
PV Sindhu will once again be the biggest hope as she spearheads the country's challenge at the World Championship which begins in Basel, Switzerland on August 19.
Saurabh Verma defeated Iskandar Zulkarnain in the semi-finals while women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy defeated Hong Kong's Fan Ka Yan and Wu Yi Ting.
The duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, which created history by winning the Thailand Open last week, have entered the top-10 in badminton rankings.
Among the men's singles shuttlers, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma managed to hold on to their 10th and 13th spots in the latest rankings issued on Tuesday.
Yamini, wife of an athletics coach at a sports institute in Etawah, was arrested on Wednesday for driving a 13-year-old badminton player to suicide.
Sai Praneeth made a winning start on his return to Japan Open, as he secured a straight-game victory over Kento Nishimoto.
The USD 750,000 tournament will also see the return of Saina Nehwal, who had missed the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event due to fitness issues
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