Shenzhen: Chinese medal winners at the London Olympics Li Xuerui and Chen Long won their respective badminton finals at the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals here Sunday. Top seed and Olympic champion Li, who beat Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal in the semifinals, won the women's singles title against compatriot third seed Shixian Wang 21-9, 15-4 (retired) in 27 minutes to bag the title and 11,000 ranking points which will...
05:36 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Shenzhen: India's World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal ran out of steam in the semi-final against top seed and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in the women's singles semifinal of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals here on Saturday. Saina, who started the game in superb fashion, lost to the World No.2 Chinese 20-22, 21-7, 13-21 in 50 minutes in front of a hostile crowd at the China...
05:41 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Shenzhen: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal reached the semi-finals of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals after beating German Juliane Schenk in her women's singles Group B match here on Friday. After losing both her matches in the group of four, Saina qualified for the last four on the basis of having lost less number of games in comparison to Swiss Tine Baun and Schenk, both of whom having...
07:48 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Shenzhen: World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal of India lost her second consecutive women's singles Group B match in the BWF World Super Series Finals against Thai Ratchanok Intanon in straight games here on Thursday. This loss virtually puts the London Olympics bronze medallist out of contention for the semi-finals. She also lost her first group match against old rival Swiss Tine Baun Wednesday. Ratchanok won the match with much ease,...
12:07 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Hyderabad: India's ace shuttler Jwala Gutta on Monday welcomed Bombay High Court's observation that it is ethically wrong for chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand to run a private academy in Hyderabad. The women's doubles player also questioned Gopichand Academy for collecting huge money from the budding players despite the fact that it came up on a government land and is funded by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She...
09:31 PM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: Hearing the petition filed by shuttler Prajakta Sawant, the Bombay High Court on Monday criticised the national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand for running private academies. "Ethically, coach who also heads the selection panel should not run a private academy. He may be a good coach. We are not saying otherwise. But in the interest of justice and fairness, a national coach, also part of the selection panel, should...
01:37 PM, Dec 10, 2012
New Delhi: She is not quite fully there as far recovering from her knee injury is concerned, but London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal on Wednesday asserted that she would compete in the prestigious World Super series Finals in China next month. "The Super Series in China is coming up. The world's top players will be playing in that competition. I lost in the final last year, so, I am...
10:34 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped three places in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) men's singles rankings to be placed at 20. The 26-year-old Kashyap, who lost in the second round of Hong Kong Open Super Series on Thursday, is currently a notch lower than his best world ranking of 19. However, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram, who hasn't had a great run in the Super Series calendar this year,...
02:15 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Hong Kong: World number three shuttler Saina Nehwal went down to China's Ling Wang in straight games in the women's singles second round of the $250,000 Hong Kong Open Super Series at the Hong Kong Coliseum here Thursday. The London Olympics bronze medallist lost 19-21, 15-21 in the final Super Series of the season. With this win, World No.61 Wang extended her head-to-head to 4-2. It was also the end...
05:14 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal on Wednesday opened her campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series on a positive note, prevailing over Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia in straight games to reach the second round of women's singles event. The world number three took time to get into the groove but went from strength to strength as the match progressed to notch up a 22-20, 21-8 win...
11:31 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: After skipping the China Super Series Premier last week because of a knee problem, Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal will now be back in action at the Hong Kong Open which begins from Wednesday. The world number three Saina, who recently won Denmark Super Series Premier and reached the final of French Open last month, will take on Aprilla Yuswandari in her campaign opener in the women's singles....
08:38 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained her third place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's rankings released on Friday. Saina recently lost in the final of the French Open Super Series to Japan's Minatsu Mitani after winning the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in October. Another Hyderabadi, PV Sindhu retained her 25th position on the table. Among the men, London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap and Mumbai's...
06:03 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Shanghai: Parupalli Kashyap lost his quarterfinal match at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier badminton event to local hope Zhengming Wang in straight games here on Friday. The World No.17 Chinese won their first ever encounter 21-17, 21-7 in 34 minutes at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium. Wang's net winners proved crucial as he took several points away from the London Olympics quarter finalist. The first game was a neck-and-neck...
04:31 PM, Nov 16, 2012
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
