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Satwik-Chirag last Indians standing after Sindhu, Kiran lose

Published on Jan 17, 2025 10:52 PM IST

India’s top doubles pairing barely broke a sweat in ousting the South Korean combination of Jin Yong and Kang Min Hyuk to advance to the men’s doubles semi-finals

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty celebrates after reaching semi-finals of India Open. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)

BySandip Sikdar

Doubles coach Arun Vishnu ends national role

India doubles coach Arun Vishnu is leaving the national setup to start a badminton academy in Nagpur with his wife, Arundhati Pantawane.

Coach Arun Vishnu with Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. (Instagram)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 08:20 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

‘Target is to win Worlds, All England, World Tour Finals, Olympics’

Tan Kim Her has reunited with Satwiksairaj and Chirag, the pair that he helped put together and this time he has loftier goals on his mind

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy with Chirag Shetty in action at India Open. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 07:33 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Sindhu, Kiran enter quarterfinals, Satwik-Chirag too advance at India Super 750

Published on Jan 16, 2025 11:57 PM IST

PTI |

There is a lot of hope in Indian badminton: Handoyo

The Indonesian is one of the most revered coaches on the circuit and he feels India’s younger players will make their mark

Indonesian coaching great Mulyo Handoyo. (Getty Images)

Published on Jan 16, 2025 10:41 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

India Open: Ray of hope from late entrant Kiran

Kiran George, a surprise entrant, advances to the India Open quarter-finals. PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag also progress.

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 10:20 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

PV Sindhu, Kiran George, Satwik-Chirag enter quarterfinals of India Open

Sindhu, playing her sixth tournament since the Paris Olympics, hammered Japan’s Manami Suizu 21-15, 21-13

New Delhi: India's PV Sindhu celebrates after winning a point during the women's singles round of 16 match against Japan's Manami Suizu at the India Open 2025(PTI)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 11:10 PM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Sindhu clears the air on PUMA store spelling mistake, joins Neymar and Bolt

PUMA India changed the spelling of its brand signage in various stores to ‘PVMA’, leading to speculation that it could be a spelling mistake.

PV Sindhu celebrates during a match.(Mohd Zakir)

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 12:21 PM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Lakshya, Prannoy, Priyanshu all fall together

The Indian trio were ousted in the men’s singles in the first round of the India Open badminton in Delhi

The defeats of India’s three highest ranked men’s singles players means the hosts will barely have any representation in the category at the Super 750 tournament (BAI)

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 10:54 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Anup Sridhar appointed Singapore men’s singles head coach

The 41-year-old will be taking over from famous coach Mulyo Handoyo, who stepped down from the position in the middle of last year

Anup Sridhar will be taking over from Mulyo Handoyo, who stepped down from the position in the middle of last year (HT)

Published on Jan 15, 2025 10:17 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Want PV Sindhu to be more aggressive: Coach Irwansyah

After guiding Christie and Ginting to major titles, the Indonesian now wants to help the Indian star get back to her best

Former Indonesian men’s singles coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama is aiming to get PV Sindhu back on track in the new Olympic cycle (PTI)

Published on Jan 15, 2025 10:06 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Similar errors haunt Lakshya, exits India Open in opening round

Lakshya Sen's campaign ended in the opening round for the second-successive time in two weeks, as he crashed out in straight games at India Open.

Lakshya Sen from India competes against Lin Chun-yi from Taiwan at Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025(Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 09:17 PM IST

ByRishabh Gupta, New Delhi

Satwik-Chirag win, hail reunion with Malaysian coach

It was Tan Kim Her who paired them in his first stint in India; they hope the Malaysian can raise their level

Satwik-Chirag beat Malaysian duo Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee 23-21, 19-21, 21-16 in the first round of the India Open. (BAI)

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 10:04 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

New year and fresh resolve for PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu, after a recent title win, looks to regain form with a new coach and aims for success in upcoming tournaments like the India Open

PV Sindhu will continue to train in Bengaluru under new coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama (BAI)

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 05:34 AM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Irwansyah in charge of women shuttlers, BAI to hire separate men’s coach

Irwansyah Adi Pratama has been appointed coach for India's women's badminton team, including PV Sindhu, as BAI focuses on group training for improvement

India's PV Sindhu will train under Indonesian coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama. (PTI)

Updated on Jan 13, 2025 08:15 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Satwik-Chirag lose Malaysia Open semifinals

Seeded seventh, Satwik and Chirag, who reached the finals last season, lost 10-21 15-21 to Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae of Korea.

India's Chirag Shetty (R) hits a return next to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (L) against South Korea's Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae during their men's doubles semi-final(AFP)

Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:33 PM IST

PTI |

Satwik-Chirag advance to Malaysia Open semifinals

Satwik and Chirag, runners-up in the previous edition, will face South Korea's Won Ho Kim and Seung Jae Seo in the semifinals.

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, front and Chirag Shetty in action during their men's doubles badminton quarterfinals match (AP)

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 07:47 PM IST

PTI |

Malaysia Open: Prannoy, Malvika enter pre-quarters

Overcoming a delay caused by water leaking from the roof, Prannoy eliminated his Canadian rival Brian Yang 21-12, 17-21, 21-15.

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 03:51 PM IST

PTI |

Olympic champions Axelsen, An Se Young for India Open badminton

Paris Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young headline the Yonex-Sunrise India Open, featuring top Indian players from Jan 14-19 in Delhi.

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen, the Paris Olympic champion, will feature in the India Open in New Delhi next week. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2025 09:19 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Stadium roof leaks during HS Prannoy match in Malaysia Open, play halted - Watch

Malaysia Open: HS Prannoy's match was halted due to a stadium roof leak.

Malaysia Open: HS Prannoy's match was halted for over two hours after the stadium roof leaked. (Screengrab - X )

Updated on Jan 07, 2025 04:32 PM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Awestruck Lakshya has fan boy moment, shares photo with ‘absolute idol’ Lin Dan

India's Lakshya Sen met badminton legend Lin Dan in Shenzhen, on Thursday.

Lakshya Sen met Lin Dan ahead of his King Cup opener.

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 11:34 PM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Chirag helped me get back on track when I was low: Satwik

The disappointment of an early exit in Paris and the constant pain in the body during his injury lay-off troubled the Indian badminton ace

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (R) and Chirag Shetty. (AFP)

Published on Dec 13, 2024 07:17 PM IST

ByRutvick Mehta

Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod eyes ‘top-20, top-25’ next year

Malvika Bansod is only 23-years-old, and has already proven herself to be a giant beater, when she defeated legend Saina Nehwal at the 2022 India Open.

Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod in action.(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Dec 13, 2024 07:46 PM IST

ByNeelav Chakravarti

Bhubaneswar gets ₹75-cr badminton academy

Published on Dec 12, 2024 09:17 PM IST

PTI |

Treesa-Gayatri aim to impress at World Tour Finals

The young women’s doubles pair has shaken off the disappointment of not qualifying for the Paris Olympics

Updated on Dec 09, 2024 11:18 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

First glimpse of PV Sindhu, Venkata Datta Sai's wedding card

The first glimpse of PV Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai's wedding card is here! The duo visited Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday.

PV Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai invite Sachin Tendulkar for their wedding. ((Sachin Tendulkar/Instagram))

Updated on Dec 08, 2024 06:24 PM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Who is Venkata Datta Sai, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's future husband?

PV Sindhu will tie the knot with IT professional Venkata Datta Sai on December 22 in Udaipur

Sindhu is just the second Indian to have won medals at consecutive Olympics(PV Sindhu-X)

Updated on Dec 03, 2024 11:10 AM IST

ByHT Sports Desk

Wedding bells for PV Sindhu

India’s badminton ace will get married to Hyderabad-based tech company executive in Udaipur on December 22

India badminton ace PV Sindhu will tie the knot with a Hyderabad tech company executive on December 22. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 03, 2024 05:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Syed Modi badminton: Sindhu ends two-year title wait, Sen too wins

The twice Olympic medallist eased to her third win in the tournament for her first title since the 2022 Commonwealth Games

PV Sindhu in action against China’s Luo Yu WU during the Syed Modi India International Badminton final in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/HT)

Published on Dec 01, 2024 10:05 PM IST

BySharad Deep

Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen clinch singles titles

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu broke her long title drought by clinching the Syed Modi International women's singles crown.

Top-seeded PV Sindhu in action against Unnati Hooda during the Syed Modi International in Lucknow on Saturday. (HT)(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Dec 01, 2024 06:08 PM IST

PTI |

Badminton News

India’s top doubles pairing barely broke a sweat in ousting the South Korean combination of Jin Yong and Kang Min Hyuk to advance to the men’s doubles semi-finals

India doubles coach Arun Vishnu is leaving the national setup to start a badminton academy in Nagpur with his wife, Arundhati Pantawane.

Tan Kim Her has reunited with Satwiksairaj and Chirag, the pair that he helped put together and this time he has loftier goals on his mind

Sindhu, Kiran enter quarterfinals, Satwik-Chirag too advance at India Super 750

The Indonesian is one of the most revered coaches on the circuit and he feels India’s younger players will make their mark

Kiran George, a surprise entrant, advances to the India Open quarter-finals. PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag also progress.

Sindhu, playing her sixth tournament since the Paris Olympics, hammered Japan’s Manami Suizu 21-15, 21-13

PUMA India changed the spelling of its brand signage in various stores to ‘PVMA’, leading to speculation that it could be a spelling mistake.

The Indian trio were ousted in the men’s singles in the first round of the India Open badminton in Delhi

The 41-year-old will be taking over from famous coach Mulyo Handoyo, who stepped down from the position in the middle of last year

After guiding Christie and Ginting to major titles, the Indonesian now wants to help the Indian star get back to her best

Lakshya Sen's campaign ended in the opening round for the second-successive time in two weeks, as he crashed out in straight games at India Open.

It was Tan Kim Her who paired them in his first stint in India; they hope the Malaysian can raise their level

PV Sindhu, after a recent title win, looks to regain form with a new coach and aims for success in upcoming tournaments like the India Open

Irwansyah Adi Pratama has been appointed coach for India's women's badminton team, including PV Sindhu, as BAI focuses on group training for improvement

Seeded seventh, Satwik and Chirag, who reached the finals last season, lost 10-21 15-21 to Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae of Korea.

Satwik and Chirag, runners-up in the previous edition, will face South Korea's Won Ho Kim and Seung Jae Seo in the semifinals.

Overcoming a delay caused by water leaking from the roof, Prannoy eliminated his Canadian rival Brian Yang 21-12, 17-21, 21-15.

Paris Olympic champions Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young headline the Yonex-Sunrise India Open, featuring top Indian players from Jan 14-19 in Delhi.

Malaysia Open: HS Prannoy's match was halted due to a stadium roof leak.

India's Lakshya Sen met badminton legend Lin Dan in Shenzhen, on Thursday.

The disappointment of an early exit in Paris and the constant pain in the body during his injury lay-off troubled the Indian badminton ace

Malvika Bansod is only 23-years-old, and has already proven herself to be a giant beater, when she defeated legend Saina Nehwal at the 2022 India Open.

Bhubaneswar gets ₹75-cr badminton academy

The young women’s doubles pair has shaken off the disappointment of not qualifying for the Paris Olympics

The first glimpse of PV Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai's wedding card is here! The duo visited Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday.

PV Sindhu will tie the knot with IT professional Venkata Datta Sai on December 22 in Udaipur

India’s badminton ace will get married to Hyderabad-based tech company executive in Udaipur on December 22

The twice Olympic medallist eased to her third win in the tournament for her first title since the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu broke her long title drought by clinching the Syed Modi International women's singles crown.

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