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BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag pair receive first round bye; Srikanth to face Nishimoto
Sindhu, who won the women's singles world title in 2019, however, has been handed a tough draw and she might face Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and top seed An Se Young of Korea as they are grouped in the top half of the draw
Badminton World Tour Finals to take place in China’s Hangzhou for next four years
This year's season-ending BWF World Tour Finals will be held from 13-17 December, the federation announced late Wednesday. The finals were last held in China in 2019, in Guangzhou
Breaking into top-three rankings my target now, not Olympics: HS Prannoy
HS Prannoy has been to two finals this year - winning one - while also making it to a quarter-final and semi-final
PV Sindhu gains two places after quarter-final finish at Australian Open; Kidambi Srikanth slips to 20th
HS Prannoy, who finished runner-up at Australian Open, and Lakshya Sen were static at world number 9 and 11 respectively in the latest BWF world rankings released Tuesday.
Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam win gold at Four Nations Para-Badminton International
Bhagat also secured a silver in the singles SL3 category as well as a silver in mixed doubles SL3- SU5 category with Manisha Ramdass. Kadam won a bronze in the singles SL4 category.
HS Prannoy goes down fighting to finish runner-up at Australian Open
HS Prannoy couldn't repeat the heroics of Malaysian Masters and went down fighting in the title clash of the Australian Open in Sydney.
Australian Open: ‘I was ready to accept change, try new things’, says HS Prannoy after reaching final
HS Prannoy, who won the Malaysian Masters Super 500 in May, beat young compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat 21-18 21-12 to storm into the Australian Open final
HS Prannoy sinks compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat to reach Australian Open 2023 final
HS Prannoy registered a 21-18, 21-12 victory over the 21-year-old Priyanshu Rajawat in 43 minutes to reach the final at Australian Open 2023.
Australian Open 2023 Highlights: HS Prannoy beats Priyanshu Rajawat 21-18, 21-12 to reach the final
Australian Open 2023 Highlights: HS Prannoy beats Priyanshu Rajawat 21-18, 21-12 to reach the Australian Open men's singles final. He will face China's Weng Hong Yang in the summit clash.
Australian Open: HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat setup semi-final showdown as PV Sindhu bows out
While Rajawat knocked out compatriot Kidambi Srikanth 21-13 21-8 in a lop-sided men's singles quarter-final, Prannoy came out victorious after a slugfest with Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia
Australian Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy enter quarter-finals
PV Sindhu, who lost in the first round at seven different tour events this season, easily overcame compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap in a second round women's singles match
Australian Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy enter second round; Mithun Manjunath secures upset win
Mithun Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat Loh 21-19 21-19 in the men's singles first round match that lasted 41 minutes.
Australian Open: Jolly-Gopichand advance to second round after beating Canada's Choi and Wu
Treesa and Gayatri, who climbed two spots to world number 17 in the latest BWF ranking on Tuesday, registered a 21-16 21-17 win over world number 29 Canadian pair in the round of 32.
Australian Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth aim to revive form in Sydney ahead of World Championships
The US$420,000 event, which has been upgraded to a Super 500 tournament, will be the last chance for Sindhu and Srikanth to regain their touch ahead of the World Championships
Japan Open 2023: Laksya Sen goes down fighting against world No 9 Jonatan Christie in semi-finals
Sen bounced back from an opening game reversal to keep his rival under pressure but in the end couldn't get across the fifth-seeded Christie.
Japan Open: Satwik-Chirag lose to Olympic champions; Lakshya Sen enters semifinals
In-form men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty couldn't produce their 'A' game, going down fighting 15-21 25-23 16-21 to Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lan of Chinese Taipei
Japan Open: HS Prannoy beats Kidambi Srikanth; Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag enter quarterfinals
In the match between compatriots Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, the former emerged victorious with a 19-21, 21-9, 21-9 win to advance to the quarters of the Super 750 tournament.
Japan Open: PV Sindhu suffers another first-round exit; Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya Sen advance
PV Sindhu has been a shadow of her past self after her injury rehabilitation and has dropped to world No. 17 after a series of first-round exits.
Japan Open 2023: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy enter pre-quarters, Aakarshi Kashyap knocked out
India had a mixed start to the Japan Open. While in the men's singles, Srikanth brushed aside Chou Tien-Chen of Taiwan and Prannoy too easily defeated Li Shifeng of China to enter the Round of 16, in the women's singles Aakarshi failed to get past the formidable Yamaguchi of Japan
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty rise to career-high World No 2 ranking
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have moved to World No 2 - their career-best ranking after winning the Korea Open tournament.