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To arrest slide in form, PV Sindhu seeks Prakash Padukone’s help – Times of India

Olympic medallist trains for a week under legend's mentorship in BengaluruRacked by poor form and a wretched run on the international circuit this year, PV Sindhu has turned to badminton legend Prakash Padukone for help ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games.After she lost to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the second round of the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen last month, Sindhu, 28, pulled out of the China Open and discussed with Padukone the prospect of training under his mentorship at his academy in Bengaluru, sources told TOI. The two-time Olympic medallist landed in the city on Sunday with her full team, including her Malaysian coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.With Padukone monitoring her sessions, including high-intensity training, the shuttler spent almost 6-7 hours every day at the faci...
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An Se-young crushes Carolina Marin to become South Korea’s first world champion | Badminton News – Times of India

World number one An Se-young became the first woman from South Korea to win singles gold at the BWF World Championships when she beat former champion Carolina Marin 21-12, 21-10 in the final on Sunday in Copenhagen.An, the 21-year-old top seed, rounded off a perfect tournament by beating two Olympic champions en route to the title. She had knocked out Tokyo gold medallist Chen Yu Fei in straight games in the semi-finals on Saturday."I'm so happy to win the match today. I enjoyed playing," An said after receiving her gold medal.Spain's Marin, the 2016 Olympic champion who is on the comeback trail after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, was looking to win her fourth world title but she was no match for An, who wrapped up the contest in 42 minutes.An won the last 11 points in a r...
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BWF World Championships: Bronze is the colour for HS Prannoy | Badminton News – Times of India

HS Prannoy went down fighting to Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-18, 13-21, 14-21 in the semifinals of the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen on Saturday. A semifinal finish earned him a bronze. The 31-year-old became the fifth Indian man to win a medal at the Worlds after Prakash Padukone, Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen. While Srikanth won a silver in 2021, the rest bagged bronze medals. PV Sindhu is the only Indian to win the championship (2019) while Saina won a silver and bronze. Sindhu has five medals — one 1 gold, two silver and two bronze. Prannoy continued the tradition of an Indian winning at least a medal at the Worlds since 2013. Prannoy looked like continuing the momentum that saw him oust world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the semis when he won the first gam...
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Badminton World Championship: Vitidsarn preys on Prannoy’s restlessness as Indian settles for a bold bronze

As brilliant as the second set 4-0 lead with an injection of pace was for HS Prannoy, his constant pushing of the accelerator was a dead giveaway that he wanted this World Championships semifinal wrapped up in two sets.His opponent Kunlavut Vitidsarn loves to bide his time and go after the attacking players’ desperation to finish, and his patient game at the India Open had claimed Viktor Axelsen earlier this year in a similar way.He has the strokes of his Thai hero Boonsak Ponsana, and the defensive resilience of another idol, Kento Momota, and he’s coached by Ratchanok Intanon’s coach Udom Luangphetcharaporn, so he’s trained to prey on the restlessness of opponents while he glides around the court and makes fluid strokes without getting hassled by pace. Prannoy revealed his cards way ...
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BWF World Championships: HS Prannoy settles for bronze, loses to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in semis | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Indian badminton player HS Prannoy won a hard-earned bronze medal at the BWF World Championships, following a fiercely fought semi-final clash against Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn. The thrilling match, lasting a captivating 1 hour and 15 minutes, saw the World No.9 Prannoy giving his all against the formidable third-ranked player, Vitidsarn.Prannoy eventually lost the tightly contested last-four match 21-18, 13-21, 14-21.Prannoy displayed his prowess by triumphing in the opening game with a score of 21-18, after an intense battle against Vitidsarn. However, the momentum shifted in the second game, where Vitidsarn surged ahead to a commanding 11-7 lead during the break, eventually sealing the game with a score of 21-13.With the match delicately poised, both players entered th...
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Belligerent Chirag dictates play as India’s top doubles pair inches closer to pinnacle

There’s a line in Avengers where Steve Rogers asks Loki: “What’s the matter, scared of a little lightning?” And the lord of mischief squirms: “I’m not overly fond of what follows.” Opponents of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been experiencing Loki’s discomfiting wriggle quite a bit this season.Satwik’s lightning hammer of a racquet Mjolnir may or may not hit the target on the court, but the follow-up to his attack is invariably Chirag’s power play from the front of the net, like coming face to face with a booming Thor. In fact, like in the pre-quarters against Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin at the Copenhagen World Championships, beware of a rare Satwik mistake, for it almost always heralds a scything response from Chirag the immediate next point. The retort to con...
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Reboot of game and ambition needed for PV Sindhu, who wobbles to tame defeat to Nozomi Okuhara

Memories of past glory are casting a long, debilitating shadow on PV Sindhu’s present game, which is in urgent need of rejigging upgrades and one real reboot, but is instead sloping down a spiral. It’s been 10 long, tiring years of fighting at the World Championships, of taking out the fancied names in giant kills, since her 2013 bronze. Add to that the two Olympic medals. But someone would need to shake the 28-year-old awake and drill into her conscience that she is built to go upto 32-33 and is capable of multiple World titles, not just the one at Basel. Fading out gently, passively following Nozomi Okuhara’s lead in the pace and cadence of rallies, offering little initiative of her own, just reacting, is not how the World Championships saga ought to end in the storied Sindhu vs Okuh...
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PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag pair get first-round bye in BWF World Championships | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, and men's doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were given first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.This year's BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21 to 27.Sindhu, who won the women's singles world title in 2019, has been given a difficult draw, and she may play Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and Korea's top seed An Se Young, who are all clubbed in the top half of the draw.Sindhu is the lone Indian competing in the women's singles.Satwik and Chirag, the World Championships bronze medallists in men's doubles, attained a career-high world no.2 ranking last month after winning the Korea Open and are in top form.India's men's singles campaign wi...