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26Feb

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Focused PV Sindhu hoping to book Paris Olympics ticket | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] Ace shuttler focused on road to ParisBENGALURU: After a long practice session, ace shuttler PV Sindhu and her coach Agus Dwi Santoso sat down for a courtside discussion about her game at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) here on Saturday. Such talks have been a norm since the Indonesian coach was roped in earlier in the year. At times, Agus even stopped her practice sessions midway briefly to correct her mistakes 'then and there'.Since shifting base to Bengaluru in November, Sindhu is 'happy with the new team', which also includes mentor Prakash Padukone, who keeps a close eye during training. Her sparring partners range from one to three players each time. She is also picking the brains of both Prakash and Agus with her eyes fixed on the big year ahead, which includes...

8Feb

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Paris Olympics will be challenging, need to be smarter: PV Sindhu | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu gears up for a return after a series of injury setbacks, the ace India shuttler has her eyes set on the coveted gold medal in the upcoming Paris Games. Sindhu acknowledges the challenges ahead and said she needs to be smarter in her pursuit of the top prize. The former world champion has faced a lean patch marked by injuries and dip in form over the past year and a half.During her triumphant campaign at the 2022 CWG, Sindhu endured a stress fracture on her left ankle, followed by another injury to her left knee during the French Open in October last year. The setbacks sidelined her for three months. "I would say, this Olympics is going to be a different experience because the 2016 and 2020 Olympics were very different. Paris will b...

14Jan

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BWF Malaysia Open 2024 Final Live Score: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty taken to deciding third game

[ad_1] Malaysia Open Badminton 2024 Final Live Score: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were taken into a third, deciding game by Wang Chang and Liang Weikeng in the men’s doubles final at the Malaysia Open. The Indians had won the first game 21-9 in just 13 minutes before the world champions levelled 18-21. The Indian duo had defeated Korean pair Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae 21-18, 22-20 in straight games. The Indian duo became the first Indians in any discipline to make it to the final of the Malaysia Open in the Open Era (since 1983). Satwik and Chirag have been the most successful Indian players in the circuit last year, having won the Asian Games gold, titles in Asian Championship, Indonesian Super 1000, Korea Super 500 and Swiss Open Super 300. They also reached the fina...

13Jan

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BWF Malaysia Open 2024 Live Updates: Satwik-Chirag create history by entering final

[ad_1] He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu of China might have been dismissed 21-11, 21-8 in 35 minutes by the ruthless Indians. (Screengrab/BWF) Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached their second successive semifinal after humbling China's Ren Xiang Yu and He Ji Ting in straight games at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament on Friday. The world number 2 Indian pair, who won the Asian Games gold medal last year, looked in control during the rallies and were also proactive at the net to eke out a dominating 21-11 21-8 win over world no. 32 Yu and Ting in just 35 minutes. Click here to read Shivani Naik's report !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n...

13Dec

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty at the receiving end of BWF rule | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] HYDERABAD: The BWF World Tour Finals got underway in Hangzhou on Wednesday. But for the first time since 2010, no Indian will be part of the year-end major.Only the top-8 in the World Tour rankings make it to the Finals for which a different ranking system is adopted. The top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shettyare No.2 in the world rankings but are No.10 in the Tour rankings.While the best 10 tournaments are considered for World rankings, points from 14 tournaments are taken into account to determine the Tour rankings.Satwik-Chirag, the Asian champions, Asiad gold medallists and the Indonesia Super 1000 champions, thus missed the bus as the Asian tournaments are not considered for World Tour rankings.A few early exits in big tournaments also marred their pros...

27Aug

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An Se-young crushes Carolina Marin to become South Korea’s first world champion | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] 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 ...

27Aug

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BWF World Championships: Bronze is the colour for HS Prannoy | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] 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 fir...

15Jul

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Lakshya Sen reaches semifinals of US Open, PV Sindhu exits | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] Canada Open champion Lakshya Sen continued his march in the US Open by reaching the semifinals on Friday, while double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out in the quarterfinals.Sindhu was upset by China's Gao Fang Jie in straight games 20-22, 13-21 in the Super 300 tournament. But Sen won the all-Indian last-eight clash against S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian 21-10, 21-17.In the semis, Sen will face off against China's Li Shi Feng. Olympic medallist Sindhu appeared to be fighting hard against her Chinese opponent, ranked 36th in the world, but the Indian's inability to win long rallies proved to be crucial in the opening game.Sindhu was completely overpowered in the second as Fang Jie upped her game and gave little room to the Indian to approach the net and play her drop shots.S...

11Jul

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World Rankings: Lakshya Sen jumps seven places to be at 12th spot in world rankings | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Riding on his sensational Canada Open win, star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen jumped seven places to occupy the 12th spot in the latest BWF world rankings issued on Tuesday.The 21-year-old Sen had dished out a badminton masterpiece to beat All England champion Li Shi Feng 21-18, 22-20 in a thrilling summit clash on Sunday in Calgary, Canada, to notch up his second BWF Super 500 title.With 54,901 points to his kitty, Sen is the second highest-ranked Indian after HS Prannoy, who lost one place to be at ninth spot with 67,677 points. Sen is the highest mover in the latest rankings.Feng also moved up three places to seventh.Denmark's Viktor Axelsen still leads the chart with 1,01,205 points, followed by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (95,661) of Indonesia and Kodai Naraoka (62,063)...

21Jun

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‘Winning the maiden Super 1000 event with Satwiksairaj is quite special for us’: Chirag Shetty | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] MUMBAI: Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty, who clinched the Indonesia Open men's doubles title with his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, said that winning their maiden Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 event is quite special and the duo had the belief that they could do it.In an interview with ANI, Chirag and Satwiksairaj talked about their Indonesia Open title win, being number three in men's doubles rankings, Asian Games this year and being considered a medal prospect for the Olympics 2024 in Paris."Winning a Super 1000 event is quite special for both of us. We always knew we had it in us to do so. It was just a matter of time before we could achieve that. The way we played throughout the week was incredible," Chirag told ANI.He said that the feeling of winning ...

29May

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Badminton body extends ‘spin serve’ ban until after Paris Olympic Games | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton's governing body is extending its ban on the so-called "spin serve" until after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it said on Monday.The new style of serving involves a player spinning the shuttlecock before launching it, making it difficult for the opponent to return.In May, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) temporarily banned this style of serve, citing the the possibility for disruption to the game."After consultation with the badminton community, BWF Council believed it best to forbid the 'spin serve' for another 15 months so as to not impact the Olympic and Paralympic qualifying periods and the Games themselves," the sport's organising body said in a statement on Monday.BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund welcomed "innovation in badminton" b...

28May

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Malaysia Masters 2023 Finals Live: HS Prannoy to take on Weng Hong Yang in men’s singles final

[ad_1] India's H. S. Prannoy returns a shot during his men's singles semifinals match against Indonesia's Christian Adinata at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament at Bukit Jalil Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Kien Huo) HS Prannoy made his first final of the season, after the unfortunate retirement of his opponent Christian Adinata who suffered a nasty fall, as his knee caved under him. Prannoy was leading 19-17 at that juncture. HS Prannoy will take on China's Weng Hong Yang in the men's singles final. PV Sindhu struggled to read the deceptive brilliance of Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and went down 21-14, 21-17 in the semifinals. (READ MORE) !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.a...

12May

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BWF puts interim ban on new ‘unplayable’ spin serve | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Badminton's world governing body (BWF) on Friday put a temporary ban on the new 'spin serve' until further consultation and the shuttlers can't use the serve in all its international tournaments effective immediately.With the new 'spin serve' creating a flutter in international badminton, BWF issued a statement saying, "BWF Council has approved a proposal for an 'experimental variation' to the Laws of Badminton to forbid the use of the new 'spin serve' effective immediately until 29 May 2023.""The interim ban takes effect at all BWF sanction international tournaments including the BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 starting Sunday 14 May 2023 and the Malaysia Masters 2023, the following week," the statement added.A new "unreturnable" spin-serve had caught the attention of the...

8May

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China clears Indian shuttlers’ visas for Sudirman Cup | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian badminton players and coaching staff can heave a sigh of relief. Their trip to Suzhou in China for the Sudirman Cup was confirmed following the completion of their biometrics at the Chinese embassy in Delhi on Monday. The visas are expected to come through on Tuesday, sources told TOI.The players and other contingent members returned to Hyderabad on Monday evening and will leave for Bengaluru on Wednesday, from where they will board their flight to Shanghai in the evening. The tournament is scheduled from May 14-21.India’s leading players, including two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, World No. 9 HS Prannoy and Asian Championships doubles title winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, are part of the 23-member strong contingent.The development came tw...

4May

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‘Unplayable’ new spin-serve making waves in the world of badminton | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a fast-paced sport like badminton, imagine having an unreturnable serve. That would be a fantastic weapon to have in your arsenal. Isn't that right? Well something like that has been making waves in the world of badminton these days. A new "unreturnable" spin-serve has caused a rage in the world of badminton and it has grabbed the attention of the leading badminton players across the globe. The Danish doubles player Marcus Rindshoj was reportedly the first player to use this serve and during the Polish Open last month, he collected a bunch of points with this unreturnable serve. Trying their hand to learn this new trick, even the Indian shuttlers are putting in the hard yards to master the latest skill. "We have been trying this for many days but couldn't figure it o...

20Apr

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Badminton federation extends ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes

[ad_1] The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has maintained its ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes participating in international tournaments, the governing body said on Thursday. The BWF first banned Russian and Belarusian athletes in March last year after Russia invaded Ukraine, initially using its ally Belarus as a staging ground in what Russia called a “special military operation”. The BWF’s decision comes despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommending last month that athletes from Russia and Belarus be allowed to return to competition as neutrals, providing they did not support the war or were not affiliated to the military. Table tennis, fencing, judo and taekwondo are among the Olympic sports which have readmitted athletes from the two countries as neutrals. The...

20Dec

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Epic Thomas Cup win, CWG high make 2022 a year to remember for Indian badminton | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: An epic Thomas Cup victory broke the glass ceiling while unprecedented success came at the Commonwealth Games as India took giant steps towards becoming a badminton powerhouse in 2022.In a year of breathless action, PV Sindhu's grit, Lakshya Sen's exuberance and dogged determination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also resulted in six individual titles on the BWF Tour.Double Olympic medallist Sindhu continued to excel with three titles -- Syed Modi International, Swiss Open Super 350 and Singapore Open Super 500 -- and capped the year with an elusive gold in Birmingham CWG before spending the rest of the season nursing an ankle injury.But it was not just Sindhu's sensational show that defined Indian badminton this year as the men's players produced a series...