Home » Sports » Badminton

Badminton - Page 46

Fourth seeded Srikanth, who had claimed a silver medal at this years Commonwealth Games, had to dig deep in his reservoir to outwit fellow Indian HS Prannoy 18-21 30-29 21-18 in a thrilling match. (Photo: AFP)

Hong Kong Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma advance to quarters

Srikanth will face either Japan's Kenta Nishimoto or Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen.

15 Nov 2018 4:54 PM IST

No time to rectify mistakes but achieved our targets: Pullela Gopichand

No time to rectify mistakes but achieved our targets: Pullela...

Pullela Gopichand remains content with the way shutters have performed on the big stage despite lack of preparation...

14 Nov 2018 5:25 PM IST

Indian badminton star P.V. Sindhu set her sights on reaching world number one after she shook off opening-match nerves to reach the last 16 at the Hong Kong Open on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Hong Kong Open 2018: PV Sindhu sets sights on World no 1 spot after...

Sindhu, 23, narrowly lost the 2017 Hong Kong final to Taiwan's world number one Tai Tzu-ying.

14 Nov 2018 2:28 PM IST

Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves to John Isner of the USA during their mens singles round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London. Djokovic won 6-4, 6-3. (Photo: AFP)

Child's play!

The Serb is a red-hot favourite to draw level on six titles at the season finale with Federer.

14 Nov 2018 2:32 AM IST

Kashyap, with 11 consecutive points, raced ahead of Jen-hao, who could only bag six consecutive points overall in the game. The Indian shuttler also clinched 54 rallies, while Jen-hao could only gain 46 of them. (Photo: PTI)

Hong Kong Open: Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap struggles into second round

The 32-year-old disposed of the Taiwanese counterpart 21-7, 12-21, 21-18 in a thrilling opening game that lasted an...

13 Nov 2018 5:16 PM IST

Sindhu frittered away a 8-3 advantage early on to lose the opening game but made a roaring comeback in the second before losing the decider after a late charge. (Photo: AP)

China Open 2018: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth crash out of quarters

India's singles campaign came to an end on Friday in the quarter-finals of the China Open World Tour Super 750.

9 Nov 2018 3:29 PM IST

China Open 2018: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth reach quarterfinals

China Open 2018: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth reach quarterfinals

Srikanth managed to script a come-from-behind 10-21 21-9 21-9 win over Tommy Sugiarto in a 45-minute men's singles...

8 Nov 2018 2:58 PM IST

Ace Indian shuttler Prannoy Kumar was on Wednesday stunned by Jonatan Christie of Indonesia on the second day of the ongoing China Open at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center. (Photo: AFP)

China Open 2018: Indonesia's Jonathan Christie stuns HS Prannoy in...

The 26-year-old suffered a 11-21, 14-21 defeat in the Round of 32 in the men's singles match that lasted 33 minutes.

7 Nov 2018 6:14 PM IST

Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth crushed Lucas Corvee of France on the second day of the ongoing China Open by registering an easy 21-12, 21-16 win in mens singles match.

China Open 2018: Kidambi Srikanth marches into second round

Srikanth, while maintaining the momentum, showed the door to Corvee in a total of 34 minutes.

7 Nov 2018 2:27 PM IST

Sindhu dominated right from the start of the game. She raced ahead of her opponent and registered a convincing 21-13 win in the first game. (Photo: AFP)

China Open: PV Sindhu eases to 2nd round, beats Russia's Evgeniya...

The 23-year-old disposed of Kosetskaya 21-13, 21-19 in a match that lasted 29 minutes to enter into the second round of...

6 Nov 2018 2:03 PM IST

While the Commonwealth Games, where the duo won bronze and where it was relatively a new experience for Sikki Reddy, the duo hoped that womens doubles was the way forward in a sport like badminton. (Photo: PTI)

Women's doubles the way forward for Indian badminton, feels Sikki...

Sikki Reddy, along with her women's doubles partner Ashwini Ponnappa, was speaking at an event in Mumbai.

1 Nov 2018 2:37 PM IST

French Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal crash out of...

All three Indian shuttlers lost their respective last-eight contests as India's campaign drew curtains.

27 Oct 2018 9:49 AM IST