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All England Open: Unforced errors, lack of discipline on court costs Lakshya Sen; Treesa-Gayatri also ousted by Chinese
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All England Open: Unforced errors, lack of discipline on court costs Lakshya Sen; Treesa-Gayatri also ousted by Chinese

A flick of a switch could turn a merry happy-Holi day into a wretched one, and it was the inevitability of power and strength from Chinese shuttlers that brought two decimations inside two hours. First, Lakshya Sen continued the trend of an underwhelming show in big matches, as Li Shifeng whom he’s beaten previously with steady plans, punctured his dreams of a third All England semi-final with a 21-10, 21-16 loss. Then Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand couldn’t escape the peppering that Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning routinely subject the opponents to, in a 21-14, 21-10 win.While the Treesa-Gayatri result wasn’t shocking given how Liu-Tan are viewed as a pair that will change the basic ethos of women’s doubles through their power-game, the Sen result was worrying as he was neither nursing serious...
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All England Open: PV Sindhu stumped by Kim Ga Eun’s crosscourt puzzle, knocked out in the first round
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All England Open: PV Sindhu stumped by Kim Ga Eun’s crosscourt puzzle, knocked out in the first round

At 20-12 in the first game of her first-round match at the All England Open, PV Sindhu appeared to be in complete control against Kim Ga Eun. The World No. 21, at her best, has a typically sturdy Korean defence that can’t be breached easily. Just a few seconds before Sindhu had all those game points, Kim won a point she had no right winning… first retrieving the shuttle off balance after it hit the net cord and changed direction, and then playing a defensive block while squatting when Sindhu had a kill shot lined up at the net. It was the first sign of a Korean revival. From 12-20, Kim won seven straight points as Sindhu’s radar started misfiring. The Indian did win the first game 21-19 eventually, but that was from a wild error by Kim and the reaction from Sindhu said it all. There was no...
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All England: Indian badminton needs a deep run to shake off recent sense of despair
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All England: Indian badminton needs a deep run to shake off recent sense of despair

Two All England finals featuring Indians, and no titles, in the last 15 years – considered high-achieving for the sport – will go down as a serious inexplicable anomaly for badminton.One can spin it whichever way one likes – cynically, by saying that the All England is nothing special anymore, though nobody else in the badminton world believes that. Or that none of the Indians could quite time their peaks or work monkishly towards it like Prakash Padukone or Pullela Gopichand, did. But as yet another edition kicks off at Birmingham, it will remain a gaping hole in career summaries and a large unticked box for some of the biggest names in Indian badminton. It’s nearing a quarter of a century since Gopichand won the last one in 2001, when almost a fourth of present-day India wasn’t even born...
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Badminton: What 19-year-old Ayush Shetty can learn from a tough defeat against Lin Chun Yi at Orleans Masters semifinal
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Badminton: What 19-year-old Ayush Shetty can learn from a tough defeat against Lin Chun Yi at Orleans Masters semifinal

Over-committing at the net, where Ayush Shetty is most comfortable, can prove to be the biggest obstacle for the 19-year-old to progress in top-tier badminton. Over a period of time, when the rest of his game fleshes out, the 6 ft-4 inch shuttler, might come to find his net forays useful. But his 21-13, 21-15 loss to left-handed Lin Chun-Yi in the semifinals at the Orleans Masters points to a game that just hasn’t been unlocked to allow for attack from the wide expanse of the back-court. The Chinese Taipei shuttler, himself 6 feet, has a visible zing to his shot-speed. Besides his quick footwork, the hand speed itself is extremely dexterous and capable of crowding any opponent with the crispness of strokes that don’t stop being bombarded. The World No 14, for whom a long stay in Top 10 loo...
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Badminton: Ayush Shetty, who Viktor Axelsen finds similar to his style, reaches Orleans Masters semis with three big wins
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Badminton: Ayush Shetty, who Viktor Axelsen finds similar to his style, reaches Orleans Masters semis with three big wins

Soon after Viktor Axelsen sparred with Ayush Shetty in Dubai last year, he sent a note to the 19-year-old’s coach Vimal Kumar. “He texted saying, ‘Ayush is very similar to me’ and that he has a really good hit,” Vimal recalls. It was the 6 feet 4 inches looming frame on the court that Axelsen saw a mirror image of from across the net. Work in progress, but looming large as a threat to many players in coming years. On Friday in Orleans, another Dane Rasmus Gemke, no less pugnacious – age 28 and rank 31 – felt the sting of the downward hits and the surprise of some busy net play. Ayush, ranked No 48 beat Gemke 21-16, 21-23, 21-17 to make the Orleans Masters Super 300 semifinals at Palais des Sports. Ayush had wasted two match points in the second set, but Vimal said he was impressed with the...
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