Swiss Open finals: Sindhu, Marin renew rivalry
Basel, March 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reigning badminton world champion PV Sindhu will face Olympic champion Carolina Marin in a clash of the top two seeds in the final of the Swiss Open Super 300 on Sunday….
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Swiss Open: Sindhu reaches first final in 18 months
Basel, March 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Badminton world champion PV Sindhu reached the final of the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament with a 22-20, 21-10 win over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt. Sindhu will now face Spanish Olympic champion…
Swiss Open: Sindhu reaches final, to face Marin
Basel, March 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Badminton world champion PV Sindhu reached the final of the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament with a 22-20, 21-10 win over Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt. Sindhu will now face Spanish Olympic champion…
Swiss Open badminton: Rankireddy-Shetty in men’s doubles semis
Basel (Switzerland), March 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Second seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India rallied hard to beat Malaysians Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 12-21, 21-19, 21-12 to enter men’s doubles semi-finals in…
Sindhu, Srikanth enter semi-finals of Swiss Open badminton
Basel, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth on Friday stormed into the women’s and men’s singles semi-finals, respectively, of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton here. Srikanth beat Thailand’s Kantaphon…
Swiss Open badminton: Jayaram, Sai Praneeth, Sindhu in quarters
Basel, March 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Ajay Jayaram on Thursday stunned Swiss third seed Rasmus Gemke to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth, too,…
Swiss Open: Sindhu through to quarters, Jayaram stuns Gemke
Basel, March 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Ajay Jayaram on Thursday stunned Swiss third seed Rasmus Gemke to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament while reigning women’s world champion P.V. Sindhu cruised…
Swiss Open: Srikanth through to quarter-finals
Basel, March 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday beat France’s Thomas Rouxel in three games to enter the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in…
Swiss Open: Srikanth, Sourabh enter 2nd round
Basel (Switzerland), March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the singles event while the men’s doubles pair comprising Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also had…
Swiss Open: Srikanth, Sourabh through, Prannoy out
Basel, March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here while H.S. Prannoy bowed out after a three-game defeat…
Swiss Open: Srikanth through to 2nd round on Day 2
Basel, March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here with a three-game win over compatriot Sameer Verma. Srikanth beat Verma 18-21,…
Swiss Open: Rankireddy, Ashwini stun Indonesian 2nd seeds
Basel, March 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian mixed doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa stunned Indonesian second seeded pair Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the first round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton…
Kapur, Malvika win titles at Uganda International
Kampala, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod emerged champions at the 2021 Uganda International in Kampala on Monday. The junior world No 2 Kapur registered a hard-fought 21-18, 16-21, 21-17 win…
Saina, Srikanth given tough draws at All England Open
New Delhi, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth were handed tough draws in the 2021 All England Championships. Reigning world champion PV Sindhu, meanwhile will face…
Extension of Olympic qualification period good for players: Gopichand
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Feb 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Extension of the Olympic qualification period for badminton can only be good for Indian players as it gives them more time in between tournaments, said chief national…
Badminton Olympic qualification period extended till June 15
New Delhi, Feb 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced that it has extended the Olympic qualification period till June 15. This came after the postponement of the Malaysia Open Super 750…
Sindhu moves out of Gpoichand Academy, to train at Gachibowli
By Navneet Singh New Delhi, Feb 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) To prepare for psychological firepower with her opponents, Olympic Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will be training at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad from Tuesday, after moving…
Rankireddy-Ashwini enter top 20 of mixed doubles world rankings
New Delhi, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday broke into the top 20 of the mixed doubles badminton rankings for the first time in their career. The Indian pair jumped 16…
Ashwini-Sairaj break into Top 20 in mixed doubles rankings
Bangkok, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The mixed doubles Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa have entered the top 20 in the latest BWF rankings. Satwiksairaj and Ashwini have made a jump of 16 places…
Two-time Olympian Dipankar Bhattacharjee to undergo brain surgery
New Delhi, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time Olympian shuttler Dipankar Bhattacharjee has been diagnosed with brain tumour and will be undergoing surgery in Mumbai on Thursday. Bhattacharjee has been admitted to Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai where…