Saina nehwal

Jayaram lost 20-22, 12-21 to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarin in a match that lasted 39 minutes. read more

The Olympic medallist from India, seeded fifth here, lost 20-22 19-21 against her third seeded opponent in a women’s singles contest that lasted exactly 45 minutes. read more

The Olympic medallist from India, seeded fifth here, lost 20-22 19-21 against her third seeded opponent in a women’s singles contest that lasted exactly 45 minutes. read more

Sameer Verma progressed to the quarters of the tournament after defeating Germany’s Kai Schaefer 21-14, 16-21, 21-15. read more

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki N Reddy also won their mixed doubles first round match against Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje 10-21 21-16 21-17. read more

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) had named a second-string women team for the tournament to be held from February 11 to 16 but a full-strength men’s side which features World Championship bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth. read more

Saina won the bronze medal in women’s singles in 2012 London Olympics while Sindhu went a step higher by bagging the silver four years later in Rio Games. read more

It will not be easy; Nehwal is currently 22nd in the rankings. If not, PV Sindhu, ranked No6, in all likelihood will be India’s only representative in women’s singles at Tokyo. read more

After trials, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) fielded a 17-member contingent—nine men and eight women—for the biennial competition, based on the Thomas and Uber Cup format. read more

From Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to Saina Nehwal, a look at sportspersons who have joined a political party. read more

Saina Nehwal was inducted into the BJP by party’s national general secretary Arun Singh, who said India is proud of Nehal who brought laurels for the country. read more

Nehwal will join the BJP reportedly in the presence of party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda. read more

Gopichand also stressed the need to work on opponents being able to read “certain strokes and game patterns” of Indian shuttlers ahead of Tokyo 2020. read more

In men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and H.S. Prannoy faced crushing defeats in their opening rounds, while Saina Nehwal, India’s lone contender in women’s singles, also failed to advance in the $ 170,000 tournament. read more

The fifth seed Sindhu clawed back from a game down to notch up a 14-21 21-15 21-11 victory over Ohori. Sindhu has never lost to the world No.20 Japanese in their 10 meetings so far. read more