Parupalli Kashyap wins Austrian Open International Challenge
Other Sports | February 25, 2018 12:17 ISTKashyap, a former National champion and second seed, saw off Cheam 23-21 21-14 in a 37-minute clash.
Kashyap, a former National champion and second seed, saw off Cheam 23-21 21-14 in a 37-minute clash.
India have been drawn in Group A against neighbours Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Europe's Scotland, which arguably makes it tough for them to progress to the knockout phase of the tournament.
Looking ahead, Sindhu said the key was to keep fit, both mentally and physically to figure in the mandatory 15 tournaments that each player needs to play every year.
Apart from Sindhu's win over Fitriani Fitriani in the first singles, it was all downhill for India from there on as they lost the next three matches against Indonesia.
Sindhu extended her domination over world No.2 Akane Yamaguchi with a straight-game win.
Sindhu proved her mettle as she first claimed the singles match and then combined with N Sikki Reddy to win the second doubles game in Malaysia.
The Olympic silver medallist will now take on World No 11 American Beiwen Zhang in the finals of India Open on Sunday.
Sindhu will next take on Thai third seed Ratchanok Intanon, who knocked out seventh seed Yip Pui Yin 21-11, 21-11 in her last-eight clash.
Coming back after recovering from a shoulder injury, Sameer also dished out an attacking game to see off former World No. 3 and 2014 World Championship bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto in three games.
Gopichand said his main target this year is to ensure that his wards deliver at big-ticket events such as the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
The 1980 All England Champion said he played the sport only for the love of it and never thought about any remunerations.
Saina, who had clinched the India Open Super Series in 2015, has made a superb start to the new season as she reached the finals of Indonesia Masters after recovering from an ankle injury and she would be one of the favourites this week.
Sindhu won three titles and three silvers last season, while Srikanth exceeded all expectations with four titles and runners-up finish and the duo would hope to continue their good run in the new season.
The BWF had earlier received a lot of flak after it made it mandatory for top shuttlers to play at least 12 tournaments in a revamped schedule for 2018.
BWF has made it compulsory for the world's top 15 players in the singles events and top 10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 tournaments or face a penalty.
World No.4 Srikanth has been placed in Group B of men's singles event along with Chou Tien Chen (world No.7) and Shi Yuqi (world No.8), apart from Axelsen.
After the high of Rio Olympics last year, Sindhu continued her rampaging run by winning the India Open and Korea Open this season, she also bagged the silver at World Championships and finishing as runners-up at Hong Kong Open last month.
A proposed change to the Laws of Badminton will be brought before the BWF Annual General Meeting in May to give effect to this testing.
Ajay Jayaram had reached the finals of 2015 Korea Super Series. He had won the Dutch Open twice and finished runners up twice in the tournament.
It was a double delight for Ashwini at Senior National Badminton Championships as she bagged the mixed doubles and women's doubles title with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and N Sikki Reddy respectively.
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