India, who had reached the quarterfinals twice in the 2011 and 2017 editions, will have to overcome Malaysia, the 2009 semifinalists, when they begin their campaign. read more

India reached the quarterfinals twice in the 2011 and 2017 editions but failed to cross the last eight stage.The Indians would have to ensure they pull no punches when they face heavyweights China and avoid any early hiccups against 2009 semi-finalists... read more

Four-time World Championships medallist Sindhu won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics while Saina won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics. read more

2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Nehwal went down 13-21, 23-21, 16-21 to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in a hard fought match. read more

HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth were looking to take part in the April 23-28 event but later got to know that only two names – Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma – have been confirmed read more

Sindhu registered a hard-fought 21-13, 17-21, 21-14 victory over China’s Yanyan Cai in a match that lasted for more than one hour. read more

Sindhu, who had claimed the BWF World Tour Finals in December last year, has looked off colour in the last few weeks. read more

Srikanth blew a 16-11 advantage in the opening game, while in the second game he fought back from 7-11 down to level scores at 19-19 before ending up on the losing side. read more

PV Sindhu blew a 13-10 advantage in the opening game to go down rather meekly 18-21 7-21 to world No 10 Sung Ji Hyun for her third straight defeat to the Korean. read more

PV Sindhu staved off a spirited challenge from World no 20 Aya Ohori 22-20 21-12 to record her sixth win over the Japanese, while India Open finalist Srikanth beat Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 21-18 21-16 in 38 minutes. read more

Srikanth, who last won a title at the 2017 French Open, came close to ending the lean patch when he reached the finals of the India Open but Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen thwarted his challenge. read more

World number four Axelsen pulled off his shirt in jubilant celebration as he beat Srikanth 21-7, 22-18 in 36 minutes at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. read more

Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had won the event in 2017, blew four game points in the opening game to go down fighting 21-23 18-21 to China’s He Bingjiao. read more

Former champion Kidambi Srikanth broke a 17-month long drought by reaching the finals of the USD 350,000 India Open after prevailing in a three-game thriller in the men’s singles competition here Saturday read more

Sindhu joined the Indian charge, edging out Denmark’s eighth seed Mia Blichfeldt 21-19, 22-20 to set up a weekend clash with China’s He Bingjiao, who beat last year’s winner Zhang 21-18, 26-24 in the women’s singles draw. read more