New Delhi: London Olympics quarter-finalist, Parupalli Kashyap showed nerves of steel to notch up a hard-fought three-game victory over seventh seed Vietnamese, Tien Minh Nguyen, to reach the final eight of the China Super Series in Shanghai on Thursday. The world number 23 Indian recovered after dropping a game to see off Tien 12-21 22-20 21-14 in an hour and nine minute match in the men's singles competition. He will...
06:08 PM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: Young shuttler P V Sindhu lost a gallant fight in her opening round but London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap kept India's tricolour fluttering with a straight-game win to reach the second round of the China Open in Shanghai on Wednesday. Commonwealth bronze medallist Kashyap, who had taken a month-long break after winning the Senior Nationals Championship in Srinagar, was the only bright spot for India in men's singles...
11:17 PM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: Jwala Gutta, who won gold in womens doubles with Ashwini Ponnappa at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, is unhappy that among the current badminton crop only London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has got her due. Jwala, who is one of the five Indian players taking part in the 2013 Indian Badminton League, is also disappointed with the way the sport is being run in India. Doubles players have...
01:15 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Mumbai: India will launch a franchise-based badminton tournament next year on the lines of cricket's cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) with top shuttlers from across the world, the organisers said on Saturday. The Indian Badminton League (IBL) will have six city-based teams vying for $1 million purse in the June 24-July 11 event, which the organisers claimed would be the richest prize-money tournament in the world of badminton. "We accept...
10:03 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Mumbai: National coach Pullela Gopichand on Thursday refused to comment on the controversy over Prajakta Sawant who had accused him of "mental harassment" in her petition to the Bombay High Court which has allowed the shuttler to attend the ongoing training camp at his badminton academy in Hyderabad. "At the moment, I don't want to speak about it. Basically SAI (Sports Authority of India) and BAI (Badminton Association of India)...
05:46 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Hyderabad: Ace badminton player and current World No. 3 Saina Nehwal on Wednesday released her autobiography in Hyderabad titled, 'Playing to win, my life on and off court'. The world's third ranked player has written her autobiography in which she has revealed many of her secrets. The book has many incidents about Saina which are not in public domain. As most of the time Saina is busy playing in different...
01:27 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Hyderabad: Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal stood by her coach Pullela Gopichand, who had been accused of "mental harassment" by doubles specialist Prajakta Sawant, stating that she is totally "unaware" about "how these things are coming out." "Look at me. I am standing here today as World No 3. I would like to thank Gopi Sir for where I am today. I don't know from where all these things are coming...
09:02 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Mumbai: The much-talked about Indian Badminton League (IBL), that is being promised as the vehicle to bring in big money to the nation's shuttlers will be launched here on November 10 in presence of London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal. The launch would be done at a Bandra hotel in the presence of Saina, national coach P Gopichand, other Indian badminton team members and Badminton Association of India (BAI) president...
05:42 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Paris: Olympics Bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal failed to clinch back-to-back title as she suffered a shock straight-game defeat to Japanese Minatsu Mitani in the summit clash of the French Open Super Series on Sunday. Playing her second final in two weeks, world number three Saina could not live upto expectations against 21-year-old Minatsu and lost 19-21 11-21 in the 39-minute women's singles final. Saina, who won the Denmark Super...
08:36 PM, Oct 28, 2012
The ace Indian shuttler and Olympic bronze medallist is up against Japan's Minatsu Mitani in the final. ...
07:19 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Paris: London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal stamped her authority to storm into the final of the French Super Series with a classy 21-19, 21-8 victory over German Juliane Schenk in the semi-finals of the women's singles here on Saturday. The 22-year-old Indian, who was meeting Juliane for the second time in two weeks, outclassed the German 21-19, 21-8 in a 36-minute match, which saw some brilliant badminton. She...
10:33 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Paris: Top seed Saina Nehwal drew from her reservoir of experience to enter the French Open semi-final after a straight-game win over Thai teen Ratchanok Intanon in the semi-final here. The world number three Indian won 22-20 22-20 in a 42-minute clash during which she was given some anxious moments by the 17-year-old Thai, who is ranked 10th in the international list and seeded seventh in the event. Saina, fresh...
11:13 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Riding on her maiden Denmark Open title triumph last Sunday, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal gained a position to climb up to third spot in the latest World badminton ranking announced on Thursday. The London Olympics Bronze medallist Indian is now just one step away from regaining her world number two status as a semi-final spot in the ongoing French Open will help her to topple Olympic champion...
08:13 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Paris: Fresh from her maiden Denmark Open title triumph, India ace Saina Nehwal started her French Open Super Series campaign in style, registering a hard-fought win over China's Li Han in women's singles event here on Wednesday. Top seeded Indian saw off her opponent 21-11 16-21 21-19 in a battle that lasted an hour. The 22-year-old Saina will take on Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai in the second round. There was little...
08:52 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Paris: Fresh from her maiden Denmark Open title triumph, India ace Saina Nehwal will now look to clinch her fifth title of the year when she starts her campaign in the women's singles at the French Open Super Series here on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Indian capped her return to court after a two-month break following her bronze medal-winning feat at London Olympics, with a win at Odense last week and...
05:14 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Odense: Olympic bronze-medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal fought through a troubling knee to clinch her fourth title of the year by lifting the Denmark Open Super Series Premier trophy with a dominating win in the final here Sunday. The 22-year-old Saina, who was competing in her first tournament after the London Games, won 21-17 21-8 in 35 minutes to notch up her second Super Series Premier title which fetched her USD...
08:01 PM, Oct 21, 2012
India's badminton ace Saina Nehwal takes on Juliane Schenk of Germany in the Denmark Open final on Sunday. We'll bring you all the updates live through our tweets. Saina made it to the summit clash after beating World No. 1 Wang Yihan of China, who retired with a knee injury when Saina was leading the match 21-12, 12-7 on Saturday. ...
03:40 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Odense (Denmark): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal booked her place in the finals of the Denmark Super Series Premier tournament after world number one opponent Yihan Wang of China retired midway through the semi-final clash because of a knee injury. The London Olympics silver medallist looked in great physical distress and finally decided to throw in the towel after lagging 7-12 in the second game. Saina had won the first...
09:57 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Odense: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal set up a semi-final clash against old nemesis and world number one Yihan Wang of China after easing past local hope Tine Baun in straight games at the Denmark Open badminton tournament here. Third seed Saina took just 33 minutes to beat fifth seed Baun 21-10, 21-11 to make the last-four stage where she will be up against an opponent who has beaten her in...
10:35 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Odense: In a dramatic comeback, badminton World No.4 Saina Nehwal of India won her second round match against Japanese Minatsu Mitani to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Thursday. The third-seeded Indian defeated the unseeded Japanese World No.28 21-15, 21-14 in 20 minutes. The scores, however, were no true reflection of the match-play. In the first game, Minatsu surprised Saina by clinching...
04:31 PM, Oct 18, 2012
