CWG 2018: India begins quest for coveted gold in mixed team badminton event
Other Sports | Apr 04, 2018, 08:04 PM ISTIndia have been accorded the top seed this time and are clubbed with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland in Group A.
India have been accorded the top seed this time and are clubbed with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland in Group A.
Earlier, Saina took to Twitter to claim that her father was denied entry in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Village.
India have left their mark in every field and this time, all the hopes lie on the star players to bring home plenty of silverware.
Nehwal took to Twitter to slam the CWG after learning that her father wasn't allowed access to the games village, however, the IOA dismissed the shuttler's complaint.
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.
The unseeded Prannoy, who came into the tournament after recovering from foot warts, outwitted former world no 3 and 2014 world championship bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia .
The World No.11 shuttler Nehwal, had a tough time countering the Taiwan ace as she lost 11-21, 18-21.
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Sindhu is expected to cross the first hurdle without much of a problem and in that case, she may get a chance to settle scores with American Beiwen Zhang Zhang in a likely second round 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.
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.
Srikanth lost 19-21, 17-21 to Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain, who will face Sameer Verma on Friday.
Saina Nehwal wants time to train for the All England Championship to be held at Birmingham from March 14 to 18.
Prannoy looked uncomfortable as he took the court against compatriot Shreyansh Jaiswal and handed over the match to his younger colleague 4-21 6-21.
Srikanth will look to return back stronger when he will open his India Open campaign against Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu on Wednesday.
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.
Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, failed to lift the veil of deception put by Tai Tzu and went down 9- 21, 13-21 in 27 minutes in a completely lop-sided final.
Saina, who now leads the head-to-head tie 8-5 against Ratchanok, will play Sunday's final against Chinese Taipei's top-seeded Tai Tzu Ying, who got the better of Chinese eighth seed He Bingjiao 19-21, 21-15, 21-15.
It was the big names from Indian badminton who squared off in the quarterfinals but it was Nehwal who prevailed victorious this time.
Saina Nehwal took 37 minutes to overcome World No.20 Chinese Chen Xiaoxin 21-12, 21-18, while PV Sindhu stream-rolled Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia 21-12, 21-9 in a one-sided contest.
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