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After Satwik-Chirag, a host of badminton doubles pairings ready to step up in Olympic year

One of the rub-offs of the success of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in doubles is a bunch of younger-paired shuttlers starting to aim high. As soon as the possibility of an Olympic qualification was dangled in front of Tanisha Crasto, the formerly laidback 20-year-old got her act together. Her off-court habits – sleep and food-related – have wisened up. And she’s considerably calmer on court, helped by Ashwini Ponnappa’s composed presence. The year’s final month has seen Tanisha enter the Top 25 in doubles rankings with Ashwini, and the rejigged pair of Tanisha and Dhruv Kapila win their first minor title in mixed, raising hopes of a strong headway in a category where Indians haven’t quite taken off since Jwala Gutta-V Diju left the scene a decade ago. Tanisha had a blossomi...
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Lesson from Sudirman Cup: Seniors disappoint, juniors not ready for transition

PV Sindhu didn’t take the court but her replacement Anupama Upadhyaya didn’t show any nerves in her win over Tiffany Ho. The second choice doubles pairings – Dhruv Kapila -MR Arjun & Ashwini Ponappa-Tanisha Crasto also won their matches. These were the only consolation picks from India’s 4-1 win over Australia in the final pool game of the Sudirman Cup. There was never a doubt in India’s reasonable depth but questions will be asked of India’s disappointing showing in this edition of the mixed team world championship. After their 1-4 loss to Chinese Taipei in the first league game, India lost 5-0 to Malaysia. The scoreline didn’t have the cloak of respectability despite the presence of singles stars, Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth; or the top doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankiredd...
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Sudhirman Cup: India end campaign with 4-1 win over Australia | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India concluded their Sudhirman Cup campaign with a 4-1 victory over Australia in their final Group C match in Suzhou, China. Despite being eliminated from the knockout stage, India managed to secure a win after suffering defeats against Chinese Taipei and Malaysia earlier in the tournament.Placed in the 'group of death', India had lost 1-4 to Chinese Taipei and 0-5 against Malaysia -- two heavyweights of the game -- to crash out of the mixed team championship.India's mixed doubles pair, Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto, lost a close match against Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo and Gronya Somerville with a score of 21-17, 14-21, 18-21. However, HS Prannoy equalized the score for India by defeating Jack Yu convincingly in straight sets, 21-8, 21-8.In the women's singles, Anupama Upadhya...
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India lose 0-3 to Malaysia in 2nd Group C match, knocked out of Sudirman Cup | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu could not perform their best as India meekly surrendered 0-3 to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships in Suzhou, China on Monday.With this loss, India were knocked out of the prestigious Sudirman Cup badminton tournament. India finished third in the group with Chinese Taipei and Malaysia ending up as the top two teams to qualify for the quarterfinals.India will take on Australia in their final Group C match on Wednesday. Srikanth was too erratic and lost in straight games in the men's singles contest while Sindhu fought back hard in the deciding game after squandering an opening game advantage only to go down in the end to world No. 30 Goh Jin Wei.It was always going to be an uphill task for D...
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India go down fighting to China in Badminton Asian Mixed Team C’ship

India’s campaign in the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship ended with a 2-3 loss to China in the semi-finals, but not before the doubles teams — men’s and mixed — came up with inspired performances to give their opponents a tough time here on Saturday. Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal — a bronze — from the continental tournament, as both losing semi-finalists are awarded medals. Down 0-2 after HS Prannoy had lost the opening semi-final match to Lei Lan Xi13-21, 15-21 and two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu had suffered a 9-21 21-16 18-21 defeat at the hands of Gao Fang Jie, the doubles teams gave a far better performance to bring India back on level terms (2-2). IT'S A BRONZE 🥉🥳 An extraordinary feat achieved by #TeamIn...
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Asia Mixed Team Championships: India enter maiden semifinals after overturning a 0-2 deficit against Hong Kong

When DK Sen representing the Indian contingent at the draw ceremony picked out Hong Kong China as the team’s quarterfinal opponents, it was considered fortuitous. Hong Kong had come through the qualifiers and have been in semis of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships before, but don’t boast of big names on the Tour. What panned out on the courts though was one giant roller-coaster team tie, as India punched back from 0-2 down to finally win 3-2, with two of those wins coming from doubles – a sign of progress in the sport. In the semifinals, Indian team will play China, which has travelled with a development squad. A bronze medal is assured after India made their first foray into Last-4 of the championships. It needed Chirag Shetty’s experience and composure to believe they could ...