New Delhi: Against all popular expectation, India's star shuttler disappointed everyone after losing to Japan's Yui Hashimoto 21-13, 12-21, 20-22 to crash out of India Open here on Thursday at the Siri Fort Complex. Saina started off well and without breaking a sweat raced to 11-4 lead and eventually clinched the first game 21-13. Her Japanese opponent made lot of unforced errors by playing out of the court which gave...
08:34 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: What Parupalli Kashyap couldn't do in the first round, India's emerging shuttler HS Prannoy did in the second round by beating the former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat 26-24, 21-9 to sail into the quarter-final of India Open here on Thursday at the Siri Fort Complex. Hidayat looked off-colour and his movement on the court looked rusty but the Indonesian star shuttler hung in there in the first game....
04:03 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The world No.16 PV Sindhu defeated Yu Sun of China 19-21, 21-19, 21-15 to enter the quarter-final of India Open here on Thursday. In the two matches she has played at the event here, it has not been smooth sailing for the Hyderabad girl. After being one game down, Sindhu fought her way back to win the second game 21-19. At one point she was trailing the second...
03:38 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: As widely predicted, Saina Nehwal defeated Belaetrix Manuputi of Indonesia 21-12, 21-15 to enter the second round of India Open here on Wednesday at the Siri Fort Complex. The world No.2, coming off a three-week layoff, did not look rusty on the court and sailed past Balaetrix in the first game. Saina toyed with the Indonesian by forcing long rallies and employing some well-disguised drop shots. But as...
08:25 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: In a neck-and-neck tie at the India Open, India's top-ranked men's player Parupalli Kashyap lost to the former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat 21-13, 21-23, 18-21 to bow out in the first round of the Super Series event at the Siri Fort Complex on Wednesday. At the start of the match it seemed like two Indians were playing against each other as every point won by either Kashyap or...
05:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: India's young shuttler Srikanth K kick-started his campaign Wednesday by upsetting world No.6 Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark 7-21, 21-18, 12-21 to enter round two of the India Open here at the Siri Fort Complex. Srikanth overwhelmed Jorgensen at the start specially with his movement on the court and especially the smashes. Srikanth had 33 smash winners compared to 17 from the Danish. The second game went close...
03:55 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The newly formed Indian women's doubles team featuring Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre defeated England's pair of Lauren Smith and Gabrielle White 19-21, 22-20, 21-11 to enter the second round of India Open here on Wednesday. In another match, Jwala Gutta and Prajakta Sawant lost to Misato Aratama and Megumi Taruno of Japan 19-21, 10-21 to crash out of the event. Ponnappa and Gadre made some unforced errors...
03:49 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: With badminton gaining popularity in the country after the success of players like Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap, national coach Pullela Gopichand is not a satisfied man and wants them to be more consistent. "Guru Saidutt, Ajay Jayaram and Kashyap need to be more consistent at the top as players from Indonesia and Chinese Taipei are catching up and also doing well. Moreover, they have to handle pressure...
04:11 PM, Apr 22, 2013
The Mumbai batsman was passed over in favour of Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay despite outscoring both in the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season. ...
06:48 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Defending a target of 348 runs, Jaydev Unadkat removed Jiwanjot Singh and Taruwar Kohli early to give Saurashtra advantage. ...
09:24 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Punjab are struggling against Saurashtra. Saurashtra are all set to go through to the final. ...
09:26 AM, Jan 18, 2013
While in the other semi-final at Rajkot, Punjab were 41 for 0...
09:26 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Aditya Tare (26) and Ajit Agarkar remained unbeaten at stumps on day one against Services at Palam. ...
09:09 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The Odisha skipper has set high standards and wants his team to break into the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy this season. ...
09:10 AM, Nov 24, 2012
Odisha ended a four-year winless streak by beating Haryana and would now look to shift gears in their next matches. ...
08:45 PM, Nov 22, 2012
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