New Delhi: Title-contender Saina Nehwal suffered a stunning straight-game defeat in the second round but P Kashyap and P V Sindhu advanced to the quarter-finals of the India Open Super Series here on Thursday. World number five Saina was not in her elements on Thursday as she suffered a 19-21 10-21 defeat to Korean Youn Joo Bae, ranked 12th in the world, in a 39-minute women's singles match at the...
10:25 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Ace Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable victory in straight games over Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip to start her India Open Super Series campaign on a positive note on Wednesday. The world number five hardly broke a sweat and wrapped up the match inside half-an-hour, beating the Hong Kong girl 21-14 21-6 to set up a clash with Koean Youn Joo Bae in the...
10:14 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Already assured of a berth in the Olympics, Saina Nehwal said she would look to beat the Chinese shuttlers in the run-up to the London Games to gain a psychological advantage ahead of the big event. With the Olympics about three months away, the world number five Indian said she is in the best position to win a medal this time around. "I played well in the Swiss...
06:29 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: The inaugural season of the much-hyped motor racing event i1 Super Series, which has cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as a stakeholder and actor Shah Rukh Khan as one of the co-owners of a team, has been cancelled due to non-availability of drivers. According to Machdar Motorsports, the organiser of the newly conceptualised racing league in India, the series has been postponed to next year. "Dates of a bulk of...
07:32 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: Men's World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and top women's player Yihan Wang won the singles title at the Malaysian Superseries badminton event here on Sunday. The Malaysian had little trouble in disposing of Japanese Kenichi Tago, beating him 21-6, 21-13 to win his eighth Malaysian Open title. In the women's draw, Yihan beat Chinese compatriot Xin Wang 21-19, 21-11 to overcome the disappointment of being the...
08:02 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: India's Saina Nehwal lost to World No. 1 Yihan Wang of China in the women's singles semi-finals at the Malaysia Open Super Series badminton event on Saturday. The loss was Saina's fifth in a row against Yihan, who has never lost to the Indian and beat her last in the final of the World Super Series finals in December. Saina, ranked fourth, started well in both the games...
05:22 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal reached her first semi-final of the new season after eking out a hard-fought three-game victory over Tine Baun of Denmark in the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The world number four had to toil hard before prevailing over two-time All England Champion Tine 21-13 21-23 21-13 in the women singles quarter-final match, which lasted a little less than an hour....
06:07 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Indian ace Saina Nehwal didn't break much sweat against Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh Cheng and notched up a straight-game victory to reach the quarterfinal of the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The fourth seeded Indian rode on her smashes and better net play to outwit Cheng 21-19 21-8 in a 31-minute match in women's singles. The world number four Indian will next meet two-time All...
06:12 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers competing in the qualifying round of the Malaysian Super Series suffered contrasting defeats to crash out of the prestigious tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. 16-year-old prodigy PV Sindhu, who won three senior level titles in 2011 to jump to world number 31, played her heart out before losing 21-17 16-21 18-21 to Lydia Li Ya Cheah in the women's singles qualifiers. RMV Gurusaidutt too fought...
06:36 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: After a quarter-final finish at Korea last week, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will now set her sights on the Malaysia Super Series, which begins with the qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Fourth seed Saina will clash with Juan Gu of Singapore on Wednesday in the women's singles competition and is expected to reach at least the quarter-final stage. On way to the quarter-finals, the Indian is...
02:44 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-games defeat at the hands of sixth seed Yanjiao Jiang of China in the quarter-finals to crash out of the Korea Super Series in Seoul on Friday. The fourth seed Indian lost 17-21 10-21 to the world number six Jiang in a 36-minute battle in the women's singles competition. The 21-year-old started of well in the opening game and was leading 5-1, but couldn't...
02:12 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal sailed into the Korea Open Super Series quarterfinals after notching up a straight-game victory over Shao Chieh Cheng of Chinese Taipei in the second round in Seoul On Thursday. Fourth seed Saina registered a 21-14 21-10 win over Cheng in a 36-minute battle in women's singles. The Indian will next take on the winner of the match between China's Yanjiao Jiang and Inthanon...
01:33 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: India's badminton star Saina Nehwal on Wednesday eased past Scot Susan Egelstaff in the first round of the women's singles at the Korea Open Superseries badminton event in Seoul, South Korea. World No.4 Saina beat 33rd-ranked Egelstaff 21-5, 21-6 in mere 24 minutes. The Indian faces Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh Cheng in the second round on Thursday. Jwala Gutta won her matches in the doubles and mixed doubles...
08:26 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers had a disappointing start to their campaign in the Korea Super Series, with all the three qualifiers suffering contrasting defeats in Seoul on Tuesday. Anand Pawar notched up a win against Singapore's Zi Liang Derek Wong but succumbed to a defeat in the second qualification round to Sung Min Park of Korea to crash out of the tournament. Pawar beat Wong 21-19 21-14 in 36 minutes,...
06:45 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: India ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to start the new year on a resounding note when she begins her campaign at the Korea Super Series, which commences with the qualifiers on Monday in Seoul. Saina reached four finals last year but could manage just one title - the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold. The Hyderabad girl, who finished runner-up at the season-ending Hong Kong Open, will start...
06:19 PM, Jan 02, 2012
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