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All England: From Indian contenders to live streaming guide, all you need to know about big-ticket badminton event
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All England: From Indian contenders to live streaming guide, all you need to know about big-ticket badminton event

The All England Open starts on Tuesday with some of India’s top shuttlers like PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pairing in action. With a rich history, the All England is one of the most prestigious events on the yearly badminton calendar. Here’s a look at what the draw looks like for Indians: Lakshya Sen: Though Sen will have father DK Sen and Korean Yoo Yong-Sung in his coaching corner guiding him through a relatively simple draw, the word out of Bengaluru is that women’s head coach Indonesian Irwansyah is likely to offer key inputs to the Sen campaign, having been based out of the Padukone academy these past months. Sen’s path is littered with extremely beatable names – Koki Watanabe, Jonatan Christie, Li Shifeng/HS Prannoy and Shi Yuqi in the t...
India to play Japan in Asian Mixed Team quarters starting 7 a.m
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India to play Japan in Asian Mixed Team quarters starting 7 a.m

India might’ve finished second in Group D of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team championship at Qingdao Conson Sports Centre, after going down 3-2 to Korea that landed them a face off against Japan in the quarterfinals. But they have one eye on the bigger Trophy – the Sudirman Cup later this summer, and might not mind a spot of experimenting, essentially what most teams do at the Asian team events. Missing out on PV Sindhu was forced on them by a hamstring niggle, but shuffling the men’s doubles arsenal – was a choice. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and MR Arjun lost on Thursday to Jin Yong – Na Sung Seung 25-23, 21-14. But splitting the top pair gave Chirag Shetty some rest ahead of what will be a must-win against Japan. Shetty had reunited with his first partner, Arjun, to drub Macau, but was rest...