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  • Asian Games 2023, Day 9 Live Updates: Parul Chaudhary in steeplechase last, Ayhika-Sutirtha in TT semis

    India had a sensational run on Sunday within the Asian Games 2023. Indian athletes put up a terrific present to assist the nation cross 50 medals within the occasion. 

     

    Here’s the complete listing of athletes that gained medals on Sunday

    India’s medal winners on Day 8:

    Avinash Sable – Gold in males’s 300m steeplechase

    Tajinder Pal Singh Toor – Gold in males’s shot put

    Harmilan Bains – Silver in girls’s 1500m

    Murali Sreeshankar – Silver males’s lengthy leap

    Nandini Agasara – Bronze in girls’s heptathlon

    Seema Punia – Bronze in girls’s discus throw

    Jyothi Yarraji – Silver in girls’s 110m hurdles

    Ajay Kumar – Silver in males’s 1500

    Jinson Johnson – Bronze in males’s 1500m

    Indian males’s crew – Silver in badminton crew occasion

    Aditi Ashok – Silver in girls’s particular person golf

    Indian girls’s lure crew – Silver in crew lure capturing

    Indian males’s lure crew – Gold in crew lure capturing

    Kynan Darius Chenai – Bronze in males’s lure last

    Nikhat Zareen – Bronze in girls’s 50kg boxing

  • Lakshya Sen relieved after successful Canada Open: It had been some time

    By India Today Sports Desk: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen is relieved after getting again into successful kind on the Canada Open 2023. Sen, saved 4 sport factors within the remaining of the match to beat China’s Li Shi Feng in straight units (21-18, 22-20).

    Speaking solely to India Today, Sen mentioned that it had been an extended wait to win a match after his comeback from nostril surgical procedure.

    “It has been a long wait in the BWF circuit. I won my last tournament almost a year ago but ya I think it feels good to finally win a tournament and play some consistent badminton through the week in Canada and a lot of positives from this to take,” Lakshya Sen advised India Today.

    Following the excessive of 2022 in Thomas Cup and Commonwealth Games, Sen endured a low this season after being bothered by the results of nostril surgical procedure that he underwent to deal with a deviated septum following the World Championships final August.

    His restoration course of prolonged from three months to over eight months and his struggles have been mirrored in his efficiency. He made first-round exits from the final 4 occasions of 2022 and located the going powerful within the early a part of 2023.

    “Last few months did not go as I wanted them to be but ya, lots of learning and I tried a lot of different things in training and coaching and now I think this being an Olympic qualification year I am happy to start my season with a good win and I hope to continue my momentum,” Sen additional added.

  • Badminton Asian Championships: Sindhu, Srikanth and Treesa-Gayatri advance to Round of 16

    PV Sindhu was made to work laborious for her 21-15, 22-20 victory over Wen Chi Hsu in Round 1 of the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai on Wednesday. Trailing 11-14 inside the opener, Sindhu would take off on a 9-point spree and pocket the first. Leading 14-9 inside the second, she would stave off a 5-point spree from Wen inside the second, to finally take the match in 46 minutes.

    It wasn’t easy on account of Wen has a superb amount of deception in her recreation, and is a compulsive retriever. But a protracted rally at 14-all appeared to have exhausted her to an extent that she couldn’t wrest administration thereafter though she snatched a 19-18 lead threatening to energy a decider. Sindhu would hold dogged in defence when referred to as upon to, and use her vitality recreation to finish off – one factor her opponent couldn’t.

    Sindhu performs the higher-ranked Chinese Han Yue in Round 2 in what’s in all probability one different robust encounter.

    Also profitable on the day was Kidambi Srikanth, who downed Adnan Ebrahim 21-13, 21-8 in 25 minutes, and HS Prannoy who was medical in opposition to Phone Naing 21-14, 21-9.

    Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela rallied from a set down in opposition to Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto of Indonesia, profitable 17-21, 21-17, 21-18.

    The Indian duo observed quite a few errors that set them once more inside the opener. But they may battle once more with compact defence, and take the early 5-0 lead inside the second. The Indonesians would come once more to 16-14, nonetheless a Gayatri interception on the internet would help them diploma the models 21-17.

    Treesa was a livewire in assault, however it was her defence that withstood every Indonesian comeback. In the second they went from trailing the Indians 11-9 to major them 14-15. The Indians wanted to summon some decided defence finally, nonetheless first Gayatri at 19-18 after which Treesa at 20-18 would step as a lot as thrash out a win in merely over an hour.

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    In males’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty confronted no trouble dispatching Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia 21-14, 21-17.

    Slow start expensive for Sen

    Lakshya Sen started sluggish in opposition to the quick and power-smashing Loh Kean Yew, and couldn’t get higher the lead no matter a stopping second set thereafter, shedding 21-7, 23-21. His courtroom docket movement remained solely a contact sluggish in defence – one factor that wasn’t going to go unpunished by the fast Loh, ranked No 7 on this planet.

    Starting 0-4 and struggling to hunt out his measurement from the drifty aspect, Sen, now ranked World No 24, allowed a yawning 4-17 gap to open. Rallies hardly went over 5-6 exchanges, and Sen remained little static in letting go of the opener 21-7, possibly hoping for change of ends to indicate his fortunes.

    He did lead by the use of large parts of the second, having fun with decisive strokes on the internet and stringing Loh to a yo-yo on the backcourt. However, scores stayed neck to neck, as Loh wasn’t about to flatly accept a decider.

    In the 6 matches they’ve carried out sooner than, none have been three setters, though Sen received right here pretty close to pushing one. Sen led till 11-9, nonetheless Loh stayed toe to toe till 18-all, troubling the Indian collectively along with his persistent defence. Sen would pace up every foot and hand velocity to take the 20-19 lead. In a protracted rally, longest of the match, the Indian packed off the Singaporean to reverse flanks, and ended with a straight
    smash. But subsequent stage, Sen floated the shuttle prolonged for 20-20.

    A bounce smash at 21-20 gave him one different chance, nonetheless Sen couldn’t preserve on, and Loh was now prancing about collectively along with his smashes and follow-ups to information 22-21. Sen dumped a return into the net to lastly go down 23-21.

    Losing the match and exhibiting some battle was moreover Malvika Bansod who went down 25-23, 21-19 to world champion Akane Yamaguchi. Matching the Japanese shuttler’s tempo in rallies, Malvika went toe to toe on strokes and solely fell fast on the top. “I had a great experience playing against the most tenacious wonderful player, the world no 1 defending champion Akane Yamaguchi in the most prestigious badminton Asia championship. She has had a great year winning many titles. While representing India and matching up to her each point in the first and the second game was good,” she acknowledged.

    “At 23-all I had my prospects nonetheless her years of experience labored in her favour.

    But I felt that I was nearly there and solely a stage away from a large upset. I’m wanting forward to stepping up my laborious work and my effectivity.”

    Mixed doubles pairing of Rohan Kapoor – Sikki Reddy defeated Chan Peng Soon – Cheah Yee See of Malaysia 21-12, 21-16, coming out of qualification.

  • Had some good coaching weeks coming to All England’: Lakshya Sen after Chou Tien Chen win

    Lakshya Sen reckons he’s had prep forward of the All England week, and is able to put the struggles of final six months behind. Sen informed allenglandbadminton.com after beating Chou Tien Chen in Round 1, “The last few months have been really tough. Things have been here and there, my immunity was not up to scratch so I was getting sick really often after the surgery. I’ve just been trying to get back into my full fitness.”

    Sen had undergone surgical procedure to open up his nasal air passage, however had struggled with the after results of antibiotics, and admittedly his immunity.

    Causing the large upset on day 1, when he ousted the fifth seed Taiwanese, Sen stated he was prepared for the Chou type of play.

    “More than tactically, he is an all-around strong player so I tried to take initiative and create openings all the time,” Sen was quoted as saying by allenglandbadminton.com.

    “If you lose three or four points then he’ll pounce on that and really take advantage of that. Every point, I had to be on my toes, try to attack and score the points. It was a big match today and credit to Chou Tien Chen for giving me a great match,” Sen added.

    “He is a troublesome opponent so I used to be ready to provide my all on the market and I’m proud of the best way I got here out in each of these units.

    Birmingham has been a contented looking floor for Sen in 2022 with final 12 months’s All England finals and Commonwealth Games gold. He expects to take off from the place he left final season.

    “It feels good to be back in Birmingham again – I have great memories from last year. I love to play in this kind of arena. It’s one of the biggest tournaments and it was always my dream to come and play here.” He has a closing and a quarters from the thrice he’s performed the All England earlier than. The Chou victory added to his big killing run on the Utilita area.

    “The last few months I’ve been completely at full fitness and I’ve had some good training weeks coming here. I’m looking forward to playing now,” Sen who received in straight units, informed allenglandbadminton.com.

  • Asian Mixed Team Championships: Progress in doubles a silver lining as India exit after semifinal loss to China

    The actual take a look at for Team India is the Sudirman Cup in May. But the takeaway from a first-ever bronze medal end on the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championships is simply how reliable India’s younger doubles pairings have gotten in opposition to any prime group on the earth. Chirag Shetty and Dhruv Kapila in males’s doubles and Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela in girls’s doubles pulled off stunningly defiant wins in opposition to shuttle superpower China, who got a fright as India narrowly misplaced 3-2 at Dubai in semis on Saturday.

    Of particular significance was the ladies’s doubles win, with Treesa and Gayatri taking the battle of youngsters 21-18, 13-21, 21-19. China have come to Dubai with a younger group. But the Indians – equally younger – put of their third straight day of upsetting higher-rated opponents on the sheer energy of their composure. Treesa attacked relentlessly but additionally precisely, and Gayatri was greater than useful on the internet along with her personal positional offence.

    However, it was temperament on the clutch that stood out for the Indians in opposition to the Chinese, who led for the larger a part of the decider and particularly going into the house stretch. While Treesa-Gayatri additionally secured a Top 5 win on Thursday, this was the upper stress pump with having to maintain India in rivalry from the brink.

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    While India couldn’t tug the blended doubles their approach, Tanisha-Ishaan additionally displayed promise of forming right into a combating pair within the coming months.

    Earlier, India acquired their first level of the semifinal as as soon as once more Chirag Shetty and Dhruv Kapila pulled one again in opposition to He-Zhou rising 21-19, 21-19 winners. China led 2-1 at that juncture. It was Shetty’s cool bearing on the court docket as soon as once more, although Dhruv too neatly match into the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s notch, and was removed from being a weak hyperlink even when they have been pairing up just for the primary time. Fanning the backcourt, Dhruv matched Chirag on the winners and confirmed no nerves in opposition to the inexperienced however competent Young Chinese pair.

    China is a distinct beast in group occasions, even once they discipline two singles gamers exterior of the Top 100 who go scalping Indian Top Tenners. So even with HS Prannoy taking part in World No 121 Lei Lan Xi, it was assured that the standard of the participant could be ok. The left-handed shuttler packed fairly a punch along with his selection in strokes performed at a tempo a notch increased than to Prannoy’s consolation.

    Lan Xi moved fast and had the world No. 9 Prannoy in bother with drop photographs, in addition to the piercing arrow straight smash. Not many can declare to hit Prannoy on the physique assault since his protection tends to be reliable owing to his facet stance. But Lan Xi, who has solely performed on a bunch of International sequence, was relentless within the 21-13, 21-15 win as India went 0-1 down.

    Women’s singles turned trickier, although Gao Fang Jie held a 2-0 psychological benefit over PV Sindhu coming into the tie and left it with a 3-0 head-to-head. The tall Chinese – a lot within the Li Xuerui mould of a rangy sport – began with a blitz taking the opener 21-9. But Sindhu was up for the duty and introduced in her large sport to degree the units.

    A trademark of Sindhu’s badminton has all the time been the superior high quality of stroke play she is able to at the same time as a match wears down, and that was in proof once more. She acquired Gao along with her drops, however extra with clears to the baseline, with the Chinese World No 101’s misjudgment aiding her. However, Gao had her hooks and drops too on the clutch as she got here again from a three-point deficit to race to the end, amping her tempo. India have been 0-2 down as Gao beat PV Sindhu 21-9, 16-21, 21-18.

    The subsequent doubles wins meant both of the singles wins would have helped India make the historic finals. But only a few months earlier than Sudirman Cup, India will solely rely its positives within the wins over Malaysia and Hong Kong, and the strong fightback in each match in opposition to China, who together with Korea are group occasion powerhouses.

  • Asia Mixed Team Championships: India enter maiden semifinals after overturning a 0-2 deficit towards Hong Kong

    When DK Sen representing the Indian contingent on the draw ceremony picked out Hong Kong China because the crew’s quarterfinal opponents, it was thought of fortuitous. Hong Kong had come by means of the qualifiers and have been in semis of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships earlier than, however don’t boast of massive names on the Tour. What panned out on the courts although was one large roller-coaster crew tie, as India punched again from 0-2 right down to lastly win 3-2, with two of these wins coming from doubles – an indication of progress within the sport. In the semifinals, Indian crew will play China, which has travelled with a improvement squad. A bronze medal is assured after India made their first foray into Last-4 of the championships.

    It wanted Chirag Shetty’s expertise and composure to imagine they might do it regardless of going 0-2 down, after the combined doubles of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto and the singles match of Lakshya Sen noticed opponents get caught into them within the first two rubbers. Partnering Dhruv Kapila who – like Shetty – is kind of proficient on the internet regardless of his tall body, the Indian World championship medallist caught to a plan of a flat recreation making certain quick exchanges towards the bouncy pairing of Tang-Yeung to win 20-22, 21-16, 21-11. To Shetty’s credit score, he didn’t permit the primary set scoreline to stutter into an entire meltdown given the momentum in Hong Kong’s favour.

    It was anticipated that PV Sindhu would steamroll the 20-year-old Saloni Mehta, however the little-known lady gave the Indian legend one proper battle earlier than she was subdued. Sindhu was maybe shocked initially by not a lot the ferocity of her opponent’s strokes as her composure however restored normalcy successful 16-21, 21-7, 21-9. The opponent won’t have been extremely rated, however this was a tricky tie, a blind leap into the unknown for Sindhu, who did properly to not implode after dropping the primary set, and stored her calm to claim her class finally.

    At 2-2, it was again to Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela who within the final 24 hours have morphed into India’s most reliable gamers in a tough tie. There was no drama on this rubber – for each different match swung wildly – as the 2 put up an environment friendly present, sustaining good tempo towards Tsz Yau and Wing Yung. They are nonetheless solely 19 however have performed two strain matches, yesterday towards a Top 5, and seemed unfazed by the event, trusting their recreation to do what’s requested of them.

    Knowing they have been to play the final rubber in itself may’ve wrecked nerves, given the lengthy ready time to simply get onto the court docket when awaiting their flip.

    But from begin to end, the duo performed their strokes and ensured the tempo fully took the Hong Kong pair’s propensity to delay rallies out of the equation. Body smashes and internet interceptions each remained crisp even when their opponents narrowed the leads.

    It ended serenely for India, however it had begun stormily by means of one other proficient pair of former youngsters – of current classic.

    It had began with a wild 11-1 opening set margin within the combined doubles for Tanisha Crasto and Ishaan Bhatnagar which their defiant rivals Lee-NG overturned after prevailing within the topsy-turvy 26-24 opener. It was error-strewn on either side, however the Indians have been ceaselessly caught on the identical aspect of the court docket leaving yawning gaps on the opposite flank.

    They are a spirited and proficient pairing, however in need of composure when issues get testy on the courts. Tanisha has nice interceptions and may arrange kills for Ishaan on the entrance court docket, however she was additionally liable to some wild over-hitting, whereas Bhatnagar noticed his recreation go dishevelled with a couple of line and internet calls as they completed with a 26-24, 21-17 dropping rating.

    Lakshya Sen tasked with wringing a degree out of Ng Ka Long Angus began slightly properly. His hop-jump smashes obtained going within the opening set. However the Hong Kong shuttler, additionally a Top 20 proper now has all the time been decided and introduced his huge recreation into the combo. Sen’s go-to trick was the tempo acceleration, hitting the subsequent gear in hitting and it helped him cowl up leads. But Angus had far an excessive amount of firepower on the crunch as he first levelled after which dominated the decider, triggering some anarchy in his recreation.

    His kind on the internet was detached and a way of desperation to grab a lead additionally ended up in a pile of errors. Finally, Sen was overwhelmed 22-20, 19-21, 18-21 by Angus, which meant India have been 0-2 down and wanted to win 3 off 3. On a memorable day, they did simply that.

  • You are my new hero: Gavaskar tells Lakshya Sen

    A star-struck Lakshya Sen couldn’t imagine his eyes when the legendary Sunil Gavaskar dropped in on the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru to satisfy him and the kids.

    The 73-year-old Gavaskar, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning cricket staff, paid a go to to the academy throughout a daily journey to town on Thursday.

    “He had a meeting in Bengaluru and decided to meet the young aspiring kids of the academy. Badminton and cricket are two of his favourite sports. He was here with us for about an hour,” Vimal Kumar, co-founder, director and chief coach of the PPBA, informed PTI.

    Gavaskar later posted an image with Lakshya Sen on Instagram and captioned it: “My new badminton hero Lakshya Sen, after the one and only Prakash Padukone.” The legendary cricketer had hailed Padukone a number of instances whereas doing cricket commentary through the years, saying he’s one in every of India’s biggest sportspersons.

    Sen, who has been one in every of India’s most prolific sportspersons in 2022, stated he was too star caught to react.

    “It feels good to hear such things from such big personalities. Honestly, I was too star stuck to react,” Sen informed PTI.

    The 21-year-old from Almora gained gold on the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the India Open Super 500. He was additionally a member of the historic Thomas Cup win. He additionally gained silver on the All England Championships and can also be the winner of the 2021 World Championships bronze medal.

    “Gavaskar sir spoke about the Thomas Cup win. I have heard so much about him from my parents and all the seniors. Also when I watched the movie ’83’, I got to know what went behind that epic win,” he stated.

    “I can relate to it now, essentially after the Thomas Cup win because back then they were the underdogs and in Thomas Cup, it was us.” India had claimed their first-ever Thomas Cup, beating Indonesia 3-0 within the ultimate at Bangkok in May final yr.

    Asked what did Gavaskar focus on with the budding shuttlers, Vimal stated, “He additionally gave some tricks to the kids, asking them to analyse what went proper in a day to get the most effective out of coaching.

    “Gavaskar and Prakash are two self-taught heroes of Indian sport, so coming from him means a lot.” Gavaskar’s love for badminton is well-known. He was the co-owner of Mumbai Masters, a franchise which made the last-four of the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL).

    Whenever the previous cricketer is in Mumbai, and is ready to spare time from his busy commentary schedule, he makes it some extent to play a number of video games of badminton.

  • Sindhu bows out; Sen, Saina win in India Open opener

    Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was knocked out however defending champion Lakshya Sen and London bronze medallist Saina Nehwal made profitable begins on the India Open right here on Tuesday.

    World No. 7 Sindhu, a former champion, went down 12-21, 20-22 to Thailand’s world No. 30 Supanida Katethong within the Super 750 badminton match. The Indian had misplaced to the identical participant within the semi-finals of the final version.

    It was Sindhu’s second first-round exit following the opening-round loss to Carolina Marin on the Malaysia Open Super 1000 final week.

    World No. 12 Sen, seeded seventh, settled the rating in opposition to world No. 9 HS Prannoy after his opening-round reversal on the Malaysia Open, with a 21-14, 21-15 win on the KD Jadhav Indoor corridor in IG Stadium.

    It was additionally an excellent day for former champion Saina, who eked out a preventing 21-17, 12-21, 21-19 win over world No. 24 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in her opening match.

    Sindhu, who’s on a comeback path after recovering from a stress fracture on her ankle, didn’t take a look at her greatest as she struggled in opposition to the left-handed Supanida, who was exact in her returns and appeared in additional management within the rallies.

    A poor begin noticed the Indian path 4-11 on the interval and although she diminished the deficit to 2 factors, Supanida reeled off 4 straight factors from 17-14 to take the opening sport.

    Supandia, who’s coached by Sindhu’s former Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun, didn’t enable the Indian to assault, curbing her lifts and interesting her in rallies in sluggish circumstances.

    The former world champion fought laborious within the second sport as she moved from 12-17 to seize one sport level at 19-20. She had, in reality, left the courtroom after the opponent’s return was referred to as out.

    But a video referral confirmed that the shuttle had really kissed the road, handing her opponent an opportunity to shut the match. And she did it in fashion after Sindhu went large.

    Reigning champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally produced a medical show to storm into the second spherical after beating Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-13, 21-15 of their males’s doubles opener.

    The different doubles pairs, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Goud Panjala, and Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally claimed first-round wins.

    While Krishna and Vishnu beat the Dutch pairing of Ruben Jille and Ties Van Der Lecq 21-11, 23-25, 21-19, Treesa and Gayatri notched up a 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 win over France’s world No. 29 Margot Lambert and Anne Tran of their opener.

    Commonwealth Games champion Sen will subsequent tackle Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, who knocked out two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan 21-15, 21-11 earlier within the day.

    Prannoy didn’t have an excellent begin, committing too many unforced errors to fall behind from the beginning.

    Sen, then again, appeared to assault and remained regular within the rallies, producing some good winners to remain forward at 15-9.

    Sen introduced down the shuttle with a thud each time it was in vary, whereas Prannoy was erratic. Soon Sen moved to 9 sport factors; he wasted three of them earlier than Prannoy went to web once more.

    The second sport appeared extra aggressive firstly however Sen broke off at 9-9 and by no means appeared again.

    “I could settle from the beginning, get my length and defence properly. In the Malaysia Open, I wasn’t able to control the shuttle. Today, my smashes and half smashes were working,” Sen stated after the match.

    Anup Sridhar, who has been roped in to coach Sen within the pre-Olympic 12 months, stated it is vital for his ward to stay to his pure sport and make an excellent begin.

    “He was a lot more confident today. We had some good sessions last week. That’s helped him. He was aggressive, attacking and taking his chances, that made the difference,” Lakshya’s new coach Sridhar informed PTI.

    “He has corrected the errors that he did final week and Lakshya is an attacking participant; that’s his pure fashion. If he begins defensive then that’s not one thing that works. He wants an attacking begin.

    “This year the focus will be to stay physically fit more than anything else.” Satwik and Chirag, who had claimed a semifinal end final week in Kuala Lumpur, can be up in opposition to both China’s Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi or England’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy.

    “We would want to win 3-4 more events and reach world No. 3 this year. We want to win a major event like the All England Championships and better the medal at World Championships,” Chirag stated.

    “Our main aim is to play as deep in the tournament as possible. Last week it was a semifinal finish but now our goals have changed and, when we enter the tournament, anything less than a title gives us a bittersweet taste.” Among different Indians, N Sikki Reddy and her new girls’s doubles companion Shruti Mishra went down preventing 17-21, 19-21 to Germany’s Linda Efler and Isabel Lohau.

  • Malaysia Open 2023: HS Prannoy retains India’s singles marketing campaign alive, reaches quarter-finals

    Malaysia Open 2023: World No. 8 HS Prannoy continued his golden run on the tour, reaching the quarter-finals of the season’s first Super 1000 match. Prannoy is the one Indian left within the singles marketing campaign.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 12, 2023 14:02 IST

    HS Prannoy reached the quarter-finals of Malaysia Open 2023 (PTI Photo)

    By India Today Web Desk: India’s HS Prannoy continued his spectacular run from 2022 as he reached the quarter-final of the season-opening Malaysia Open Super 1000 match in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, January 12. Prannoy defeated Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wadoyo in three video games within the second spherical of the celebrated match.

    HS Prannoy wanted an hour and 4 minutes to defeat the World No. 19 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 and guide a spot within the quarter-final. Prannoy will face the winner of the second-round match between Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong and Kodai Naraoka of Japan.

    Prannoy was in fantastic type in 2022, turning into the one Indian to achieve the BWF World Tour Finals. The World No. 8 opened his marketing campaign in 2023, defeating compatriot and seventh seed Lakshya Sen in a hard-fought first-round match. Prannoy wanted greater than an hour as the 2 Indian shuttlers went toe-to-toe earlier than the 30-year-old 24-22, 12-21, 21-18.

    Prannoy is the one Indian shuttler within the race in males’s singles as Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu had been knocked out within the first-round. Sindhu, who returned to motion for the primary time since Commonwealth Games, misplaced a hard-fought three-game battle towards Carolina Marin.

    Earlier within the day, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out of the Super 1000 match after dropping to Bulgaria’s Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva within the ladies’s doubles pre-quarterfinals.

    The Indian pair, ranked sixteenth on the planet, suffered a 13-21, 21-15, 17-21 defeat by the hands of the Stoeva sisters in an hour and 9 minutes match on the Axiata Arena.

    Later within the day, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will battle for a berth within the males’s doubles quarter-finals. They tackle Malaysia’s Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana.

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    Jan 12, 2023

  • Malaysia Open: PV Sindhu returns to guide Indian contingent after Commonwealth Games

    PV Sindhu will return to guide the Indian contingent on the Malaysia Open. The 2022 CWG objective medallist Sindhu will face former world champion Carolina Marin within the first spherical.

    New Delhi ,UPDATED: Jan 9, 2023 23:18 IST

    PV Sindhu will meet Carolina Marin within the first spherical. (PTI Photo)

    By India Today Web Desk: The two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will return to guide the Indian contingent on the Malaysia Open for the primary time since her golden run on the Commonwealth Games 2022.

    The 27-year-old Sindhu, who’s making a comeback from an ankle harm, will face a tricky problem as she is ready to face former world champion Carolina Marin of Spain.

    The battle, which is scheduled on January 11, will likely be fairly attention-grabbing as Marin received the final three clashes in opposition to Sindhu. The Spanish star additionally leads the head-to-head document in opposition to the Indian 9-5.

    Meanwhile, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen will goal to start out the season on a constructive notice. With rating factors at stake, the Indian shuttlers will be part of the massive names together with the world primary Viktor Axelsen, Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia, Akane Yamugachi, and Tai Tzu ying within the USD 1,250,000 Super 1000 match.

    The world quantity 10 Sen will conflict with compatriot and world quantity eight Prannoy within the opening spherical.

    Former world primary Kidambi Srikanth will begin his marketing campaign in opposition to Japan’s unseeded Kenta Nishimoto. In the lads’s doubles, world quantity 5 and CWG gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face South Korea’s Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Wan-ho within the first spherical.

    In ladies’s singles, Saina Nehwal, Aakarshi Kashyap and Malvika Bansod are additionally within the fray. Nehwal will meet China’s unseeded Han Yue, Kashyap will play in opposition to Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Wen-chi and Malvika will face second seed An Se-young of Korea.

    Commonwealth Games 2022 bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will meet Hong Kong’s Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam within the first spherical, whereas Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam will play in opposition to Thailand’s Supissara Paewsampran and Putita Supajirakul.

    India’s combined doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto will meet Netherland’s Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek within the first spherical.

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    Jan 9, 2023