Jakarta Top Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei inched closer to his seventh Indonesia Open men’s singles crown after booking his spot in the semi-finals in Jakarta. Chong Wei brushed aside Thai youngster Kantaphon Wangcharoen in a 43-minute quarter-final contest at the Istora Senayan Stadium yesterday. Clearly a crowd favourite, the world No. 4 ranked Chong […]
New Delhi After an early exit in the Malaysia Open in June, Olympic medallist and ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal eyed a better result in Indonesia Open following an easy entry into the second round on Wednesday. However, China’s Chen Yufei crashed her hopes in the Round of 16 as Saina lost 18-21, 15-21 in […]
Jakarta Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu celebrated her 23rd birthday with a straight-game win over Japan’s Aya Ohori, while H S Prannoy eked out a three-game victory over Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei to enter the quarterfinals of the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open in Jakarta on Thursday. World no 3 Sindhu, who had reached […]
Former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal swatted aside her Indonesian opponent Dinar Dyah Ayustine with a victory in straight sets to book her place in the second round of the ongoing Indonesian Open 2018. Nehwal registered a 21-12, 21-12 score over the currently 54th ranked Indonesian, wrapping up the match in just 35 minutes. The […]
H S Prannoy stunned the legendary Lin Dan of China while compatriot Sameer Verma pipped Rasmus Gemke of Denmark to advance to the second round of the Indonesia Open badminton event on Tuesday. World No. 13 Prannoy started off well against eighth-ranked Lin Dan, winning the first game 21-15. However, the Chinese shuttler came back […]
Kuala Lumpur The 21-17, 23-21 scoreline, in a high-quality match that lasted 71 utterly absorbing and fascinating minutes, revealed how the awesomely consistent Malaysian veteran husbanded his resources cannily to finish the match by the short route. Both played the final half-dozen points at blinding pace, each trying to outhit the other. Had the duel […]
New Delhi Renowned journalist Rajat Sharma was elected as the President of Delhi & District Cricket Association on Monday after polling 54.40 percent of the total votes cast. The results of the DDCA elections, which took place between June 27 and June 30, were declared on Monday morning. Sharma surpassed former World Cup winning Indian […]
Kuala Lumpur India’s top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting in their respective women’s and men’s singles semifinals to draw the curtains on the team’s campaign at the USD 700,000 Malaysia Open Super World Tour 750 tournament on Saturday. First, Srikanth failed to match the overall superior game of former world no 2 Japanese Kento […]
Kuala Lumpur Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu made it to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament in Bukit Jalil on Thursday. However, World No.10 Saina Nehwal crashed out losing to Akane Yamaguchi 15-21, 13-21 in the second round. The Japanese World No.2 needed just 36 minutes to oust the Indian. With this victory Yamaguchi extended her win-loss […]
Kuala Lumpur Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal’s run in the Malaysia Open ended with a straight-game loss to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles competition of the USD 700,000 world tour super 750 tournament on Thursday. The former world no 1 Saina went down 15-21, 13-21 to world no 2 Yamaguchi in 36 minutes at the Axiata Arena […]