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India Open 2024: For HS Prannoy and Co, home comfort calling as badminton’s top stars descend on New Delhi

Kunlavut Vitidsarn and An Se Young made a fine start to 2023, winning titles at the India Open. Few months down the line, the two of them would go on to be crowned World Champions in Copenhagen. As the race to Paris 2024 heats up, the two defending champions and reigning Worlds gold medallists will be back in New Delhi alongside a galaxy of badminton stars as the capital hosts the 2024 edition of the India Open Super 750 starting from Tuesday.The India Open has been the prime BWF event in the country for more than a decade, but last year saw a significant upgrade as the tournament was moved up to Super 750 status, just two levels below the top grade on the World Tour. For starters, as one of the six Super 750 events on the circuit, BWF mandates that a group defined by rankings as ‘Top C...
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Lee Chong Wei-fan Pranauv Ram prepping to transition to seniors playing older players

Seven years ago, when a young Pranauv Ram decided to shift base to Hyderabad to train at the Gopichand Academy from his native town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, his family had to make a decision. With his father Nagalingam running his brick construction business in Madurai, Ram’s mother Prabhavati decided to shift along with the youngster to Hyderabad. On Sunday evening, as the 16-year-old shocked top seed Dhruv Negi of Uttarakhand with a 21-16, 21-14 win to book his spot in the boys’ singles final in the Yonex Sunrise 30th Smt Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Ranking Prize Money tournament being organised by Express Shuttle Club Trust at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, the youngster was on a call for more than 30 minutes with his mother. “While my father manages the brick busine...
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Indian challenge ends after Satwik-Chirag bow out in opening round of China Open

Commonwealth Games men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered an opening-round defeat in the China Open Super 1000 tournament, going down in three games to Indonesia’s Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas on Wednesday. The Indian pair, ranked two, lost to the world number 13 duo 17-21, 21-11, 17-21 in one hour eight minutes. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor also crashed out of the tournament, going down to the Malaysian duo of Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei 15-21, 16-21 in the first round. With the defeats, the Indian challenge came to an end as no shuttler from the country could advance to the second round of the tournament. The loss in the opening round just ahead of the Asian Games would be a huge disappointment for Satw...
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Priyanshu Rajawat captivates with net play to sink Wang, enters quarters of Australian Open Super 500

Deception with stops and pushes from the net by Priyanshu Rajawat boggled Wang Tzu Wei enough for the Indian to secure a 21-8, 13-21, 21-19 victory over the Taiwanese and make the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500 tournament at Sydney. Rajawat’s backhand at the net was in such fine form that it helped him open up the court and close out the match even though Wang threatened with some power net play of his own. Twice in the last fortnight, Rajawat had struggled to finish against Kodai Naraoka and Lakshya Sen in three. On Thursday in Sydney, playing someone marginally higher ranked than him at No 28, the World No 31 Indian used his backhand net pushes to good effect as he won in the decider in 59 minutes. His intention was quite clear from the first point, when he took the ch...
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Indonesia Open: Kidambi Srikanth beats Lakshya Sen in all-India duel, PV Sindhu exits

Kidambi Srikanth used his vast experience to quell the challenge of Lakshya Sen in straight games in an all-Indian second round duel to progress to the quarterfinals while it was curtains for double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu at the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event here on Thursday. It was a hard-fought battle between the two Indians but Srikanth bagged the crucial moments with his calmness and experience to win 21-17 22-20 over Lakshya in the men’s singles match that lasted 45 minutes. The win ensured Srikanth’s dominance over his younger countrymate as he took his head-to-head record to 3-0 over Lakshya. However, world number 14 Sindhu made an early exit once again, losing 21-18 21-16 to her nemesis and world number 3 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in a women’s singles seco...
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I didn’t expect this would happen but Gopi sir kept pushing me: HS Prannoy

Sleep-deprived Indian shuttler HS Prannoy had almost given up on winning his next title and breaking a six-year long drought before chief national coach Pullela Gopichand instilled in him the belief that he remains a force to reckon with. On Sunday, Prannoy ended the title drought with a three-game win over China’s Weng Hong Yang in a pulsating men’s singles finals at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here. “I think there are too many emotions. The last six years have been too much of a rollercoaster. I didn’t expect that it will happen after six years to be honest. I mean if you would have asked me in 2017 I don’t think I would have told you that I will win in 2023. So lots of mixed emotions,” Prannoy said after the title triumph. “Thanks to all the coaches, support staff and G...
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Malaysia Masters 2023 Finals Live: HS Prannoy to take on Weng Hong Yang in men’s singles final

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.apply(n...