Karnataka set to launch Grand Prix Badminton League: Know team names, composition and prize money
Other Sports | June 03, 2022 18:05 ISTKarnataka is all set to launch Grand Prix Badminton League - its own version Premier Badminton League.
Karnataka is all set to launch Grand Prix Badminton League - its own version Premier Badminton League.
Srikanth defeated Mads Christophersen in straight games in the men's singles opening round. The Indian beat the Danish player 21-16, 21-17 in a match lasting 32 minutes. Parupalli Kashyap too cruised to a 21-17, 21-9 win over France's Enogat Roy to enter the second round.
Sindhu, seeded seventh, will open her campaign against Thailand's world no 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan this week.
After struggling for the last few years, Srikanth finally got his rhythm back when he claimed the World Championship silver medal at Huelva, Spain.
The others who tested positive for Covid-19 were doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Rahul Thakkar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, Simran Singhi, and Khushi Gupta.
Ashmita Chaliha upsets World No. 28 Kosetskaya in straight games to advance to the second round.
Banking on his historic World Championship silver's form, India's Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
The 28-year-old from Guntur, a former world number one, on Sunday became the first Indian man to claim a silver medal at the prestigious tournament.
Also headlining the tournament will be newly-crowned world champion Loh Kean Yew along.
Even before his 15-21, 20-22 loss to Singapore's Loh Kean Yew in the men's singles final, the 28-year-old's silver medal made him the first-ever Indian man to achieve the feat at the marquee tournament.
This is the first time that a men's player from Singapore has won gold at the BWF World Championships.
Srikanth saw off compatriot Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in a thrilling semi-final that lasted an hour and nine minutes.
Srikanth, seeded 12th in the showpiece tournament, sent Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands packing with a 21-8 21-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted just 26 minutes.
India's two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to bring her best to the fore on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Sunday.
Sindhu finished in the second position in group A, behind Chochuwong and her opponent of the semifinal stage will be decided in a draw later in the day.
The former world no. 1 Indian was no match for Lee, the reigning All England champion, going down 19-21 14-21 in 37 minutes to end his campaign.
Double Olympic medallist Sindhu outplayed World No 23 Yvonne Li 21-10, 21-13 in 31 minutes.
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
Srikanth beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of group B.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12 21-18 against world No. 26 Germany's Yvonne Li in 37 minutes at the USD 850,000 event.
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