Top shuttlers including Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, world champion Carolina Marin and former world no 1 Victor Axelsen will headline the players' auction.
The maximum sustained winds of the storm have dropped slightly to 110 mph (175 kph), but the storm continues being a catastrophic Category 3 storm as it heads towards North and South Carolina.
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The 23-year-old further asserted that though she gave her 100 per cent in the tournament, she would definitely work on her weak areas.
The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal following a 19-21, 10-21 loss to Olympic champion Marin of Spain.
PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin Live Updates BWF Badminton World Championships 2018 women's singles final highlights
Kiki Bertens beat seventh-seeded Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the Madrid Open final on Friday.
The 24-year-old from Spain clinched two World Championship titles, an All England title beside the Olympic crown all in a span of three years between 2014 to 2016.
Marin, cheered on by a vociferous home crowd, overcame a fighting Sun Ji Hun 13-15, 15-10, 15-9 to dash the hopes of Delhi Dashers in a gripping semifinal.
The Spanish left-hander proved too good for Nehwal as she won 15-5, 15-7 in a jiffy to add to the Warriors' woes.
Hyderabad Hunters' star shuttler Carolina Marin justified her World No. 3 billing by defeating Michelle Li 15-9, 15-11.
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.
PBL is held under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and has already acquired the tag of being the richest badminton league which attracts all the top players from around the world.
Saina Nehwal's father and PV Sindhu's mother had a surprise 'fan' waiting for them outside the World Badminton Championship venue.
This is the 20th appearance at the grass-court major for Venus Williams, who has won the championship five times since her first match at the All England Club in 1997.
Marin has been on a roll recently, making three straight finals in Superseries tournaments in Asia and winning her third European title.
Olympics gold medalist Carolina Marin today thrashed India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu in straight games of the quarter-final game of Singapore Open.
India’s star shuttler and Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will face Spain's Carolina Marin in the quarter-final of the Singapore Open Super Series today.
India’s ace shuttler P V Sindhu today defeated Olympic champion Carolina Marin to lift the India Open Super Series Badminton tournament at the Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. The Indian third
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