New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Former champion Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the BWF India Open after going down to Frenchman Christo Popov in the round of 16 here on Thursday. Former world No. 1 and 2021 World Championships silver medallist, Srikanth suffered a 14-21, 21-17, 17-21 loss against Popov in a contest that lasted over an hour here at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.Srikanth dropped the opening game 14–21, but the Indian shuttler showed strong character to stage a comeback in the second. …
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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former champion Lakshya Sen and top women’s doubles duo, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, made a commanding start to their India Open 2026 campaign while men’s fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, seventh seed Kodai Naroaka of Japan and French sixth seed Alex Lanier were knocked out on the opening day of the BWF World Tour Super 750 event, organised by the Badminton Association of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday.Sen needed just 36 minutes to seal a 21-12, 21…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Former World Champion PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles combination of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy insist that the feeling of doing well at home is something special, and the India Open 2026 carries an extra significance this time, considering that the BWF World Badminton Championships will be held at the same venue in August.The India Open 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament, will be played from January 13-18, 2026.It serves as a dress rehearsal fo…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Former champion Lakshya Sen has been pitted in an all-Indian battle against the up-and-coming Ayush Shetty, while former world champion PV Sindhu will face Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyenin the opening round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament to be played at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here from January 13-18.The India Open, one of the most prestigious tournaments on the HSBC BWF World Tour, will move from the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium to a much larger mult…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Indian badminton in 2025 will be remembered more for reassessment than success. Results were limited, and maintaining momentum proved difficult. Players like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Kidambi Srikanth struggled to maintain consistency. The season lacked significant achievements, with injuries affecting preparations, quick early exits common.The pivotal moments of Indian badminton’s 2025 season were few but impactful. Key among them was Lakshya Sen’s win at the Austr…
Hangzhou, Dec 20 (IANS) India’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty saw their impressive run at the BWF World Tour Finals 2025 come to an end in the semi-finals, going down 21-10, 17-21, 15-21 to Paris 2024 Olympics silver medallist China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. The Indian pair started strongly, taking the opening game in commanding fashion, but the Chinese duo turned the contest around in the latter stages to settle for bronze.Additionally, Indian shuttlers have only ev…
Hangzhou, Dec 17 (IANS) India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, began their BWF World Tour Finals 2025 campaign on a strong note with a gutsy comeback win over China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium on Wednesday.Up against a pair that had won four of their last five meetings, the World No. 3 Indians showed resilience and control to prevail 12-21, 22-20, 21-14 in a high-intensity contest that lasted just over …