New Delhi: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal retained her second position in the world rankings despite making the quarterfinal exit at the Thailand Open in the women's singles.
Rising teen sensation, P V Sindhu has also maintained her 11th position and is just a step short of breaking into the Top-10 for the first time in her career.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram jumped three places to 25 while RMV Gurusaidutt gained two places to be placed at 23 in the men's singles.
London Olympics quarterfinalist, Parupalli Kashyap, who had yesterday crashed out of the Indonesian Super Series Premier after losing his campaign opener, retained his No.10 position. ...
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06:35 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Jakarta: Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and RMV Gurusaidutt reached the pre-quarter-finals of the Indonesian Super Series Premier but it turned out to be a bad day in office for world number 10 Parupalli Kashyap as he crashed out of the men's singles competition, here Wednesday. The 26-year-old Kashyap was not in his elements and was completely outclassed by former world number six Sho Sasaki of Japan 7-21, 8-21 in his...
04:42 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu retained their women's singles rankings in the list released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday. Saina is currently at No. 2 while Sindhu, with her win in Malaysia last week, stayed put at 13th. Parupalli Kashyap is the highest ranked Indian male shuttler at World No. 11 while RMV Gurusaidutt pipped Ajay Jayaram to be the second best Indian...
04:17 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: After achieving a career-high of World No.6 last week, Parupalli Kashyap dropped out of the men's singles top-10 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday. Due to a first round exit at the recently concluded India Open, Kashyap dropped five places to be ranked 11. But on the positive side, a brilliant performance by Indian shuttlers has led seven of them to be ranked in top-55...
05:31 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Seeing his protege Saina Nehwal departing early from India Open, national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was expectedly sad but that feeling was more or less neutralised when he witnessed the gritty performances of young players such as PV Sindhu. "We have had a whole lot of players emerging from this tournament. I am a little disappointed with Saina losing early but looking at the entire lot, it is...
02:27 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: His first-round ouster from the India Open singles event notwithstanding, London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap moved up a place to career-best sixth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday. Kashyap scaled his career-best singles ranking a day after losing his first-round match at the India Open Super Series to former world number 1 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia. Seventeen-year-old P V Sindhu also reached her career-best ranking...
05:02 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: 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: World No.2 Saina Nehwal retained her place in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's singles rankings released on Thursday. City-mate P.V. Sindhu currently playing in the Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei also kept her 16th place. London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Verma also retained their positions in the men's singles rankings. While Kashyap is at a career-best No.7, Jayaram and Verma are...
04:18 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped to a career-best ranking of World No.7 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday. The Hyderabadi jumped a place, overtaking Chinese Chen Jin, to be in the top-7 in the men's singles rankings while Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram retained his ranking of 30th. In the women's singles, Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal also kept her No.2 position behind Olympic champion...
04:29 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Top Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap says that he is geared up to use the home advantage to the hilt and win the Yonex Sunrise India Open which will be held here later this month. Asked about the pressure on being billed as one of the contenders for the tournament, Kashyap said, "The tag of being one of the tournament favourites is actually a good thing and motivating. At...
05:35 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Defending champion Saina Nehwal remained the lone bright spot for India defeating Petya Nedelcheva 21-15, 21-10. ...
01:31 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Saina Nehwal regained her second place while Parupalli Kashyap continued his upward progress, earning two places to reach the seventh spot. ...
01:16 PM, Mar 14, 2013
It was a good day in office for Indian shuttlers as all participants progressed to the next round in their respective categories. ...
05:23 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Fifth seed Kashyap entered the second round with a comfortable 21-7 21-19 victory over Hsuan Yi Hsue. ...
06:25 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Parupalli Kashyap was the lone bright spot as all other Indian shuttlers lost their respective matches Tuesday here at the Swiss Open Grand Prix. ...
08:58 AM, Mar 13, 2013
World number nine Kashyap won his first round match 21-17 21-18 in 43 minutes at the National Indoor Arena. ...
08:54 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Saina, who turns 23 on March 17, was overtaken by World Champion Yihan Wang in the women's singles rankings. ...
05:18 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Sourabh prevailed over Brice Leverdez 22-20 23-21 in a 40-minute battle and will now take on Rajiv Ouseph, the top seed in the qualifiers. ...
10:33 PM, Mar 05, 2013
On a day when she regained her World No. 2 status, India ace Saina Nehwal produced a dominant performance to cruise into the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Super Series with a straight-game victory over Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip here on Thursday. ...
05:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
