Hyderabad: Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand has set up a nine-court new badminton academy in the city, which is expected to ease the pressure on the existing facility. The academy, coming up at Gachibowli in Cyberabad area here, is likely to be inaugurated either this month-end or early next month, Gopichand said. “It’s a nine-court badminton hall which is coming […]
» Read moreALMERE: Defending champion Ajay Jayaram on Wednesday suffered a scare before prevailing over Netherlands’ Mark Caljouw in the opening round of the Dutch Open Grand Prix here. The third seeded Indian recovered after losing the opening game to eke out a 19-21 21-17 21-18 win over Mark in a hard fought men’s singles contest. Jayaram, who reached the finals of […]
» Read moreThe All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament-2015 was inaugurated at the JNTUK Stadium here on Tuesday. The event would be continued for five days in which players from all the 29 States were participating. MLC Boddu Bhaskara Rama Rao declared the tournament open in the presence of Kakinada Rural MLA Pilli Anantalakshmi, Additional SP R. Damodar and badminton players form […]
» Read moreIndia’s campaign at the $275,000 Japan Open Super series came to an end as world No.8 shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out in the men’s singles quarterfinal in Tokyo on Friday. The World No.8 lost 14-21, 18-21 to Chinese Taipei’s sixth seed Chou Tien Chen in just 42 minutes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Kashyap was the lone Indian who […]
» Read moreSaina Nehwal’s campaign in the Japan Open badminton tournament came to an end when the world No. 1 lost to unseeded Japanese Minatsu Mitani 21-13, 21-16 in just 40 minutes in a second round match in Tokyo on Thursday.
» Read moreBengaluru: World No. 1 shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday said All England and World Champion Carolina Marin is a tough opponent blessed with better wrist work but the Spaniard is beatable and the Indian ace will look to get the better off her rival in Japan Super Series starting next week. “Carolina is a tough opponent, but can be beaten. […]
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