If Saina Nehwal gets past the 2011 champion Shixian Wang of China, it will be the first time since 1996 that the elite tournament won't have any Chinese player in the women's singles semi-finals. ...
03:49 PM, Mar 08, 2013
The world number three thrashed Indonesia's Belaetrix Manuputi in straight games on Thursday. ...
12:51 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Saina's best performance at the Premier Super Series tournament came in 2010 when she reached the semi-finals. ...
04:50 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan is almost sure to miss this year's All England Badminton Championships due to a lack of training after retaining the Olympic gold in London. ...
12:28 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Birmingham: Women's world number one Wang Yihan suffered a stunning loss on Sunday in the final of the All England badminton championships, beaten 21-13 21-19 by seventh-seeded Chinese compatriot Li Xuerui. It was by far the biggest win in the career of 21-year-old Li who was following up success in last week's German Open and is emerging swiftly as a major force in the game. She controlled the first set...
08:02 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Birmingham: Lin Dan blasted his way past old rival Taufik Hidayat 21-18, 21-8 on Friday to earn a place in the semi-finals of the All England badminton championships. The Chinese is the world and Olympic champion, titles held by Hidayat at his peak in the mid-2000s, but time has marched on and the Indonesian has not beaten Lin in seven years. Friday's defeat took their head-to-head record to 10-3 in...
05:13 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Birmingham: Saina Nehwal dispatched Pi Hongyan of France 21-10, 21-17 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals at the All England Badminton Championships. Saina, world no. 4, beat Pi, number 23 in a little over half hour in the second round here on Thursday. The Indian will meet either Maria Febe Kusumastuti of Indonesia or China's Xuerui Li in the last eight stage. The doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and...
11:40 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal survived a scare from lower-ranked Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand before reaching the second round of the All England Championship in Birmingham on Wednesday. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also made a positive start to their campaign, beating Indonesian pair of Anneke Feinya Agustin and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari 21-16, 21-16 in the women's doubles. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist will next take on second...
08:57 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: National champion PV Sindhu notched up convincing victories to make it to the main draw in women's singles of the All England Championship but Sourabh Verma lost a grim battle to crash out of the prestigious event in Birmingham on Tuesday. RMV Gurusaidutt also won his opening match in the qualifier to keep his hopes alive of reaching the main draw in the men's singles. Sindhu beat Malaysia's...
10:02 PM, Mar 06, 2012
