Mumbai: The main challenge for ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal currently is to strike a perfect balance among training, competing and in taking time off to rest and recover, feels badminton great Prakash Padukone. "One of the key challenges for anyone in any sport who has reached the top is to learn to manage his/her training, competition and rest and recovery. It's important that you find the right balance," he...
04:34 PM, May 20, 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: England's chief coach Jokob Hoi has hailed Pullela Gopichand for changing the Indian badminton scene and is all praise for the country's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal. Talking to IANS, Hoi said Indian badminton owes its success to Gopichand, an All-England Champion. The Englishman feels Indian badminton has grown rapidly in the last 10 years because youngsters now have great role models in Gopichand and Saina. "Indian badminton...
07:15 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The top seed at the India Open, Saina Nehwal blamed a wrong line-call in the third game made her lose focus and that cost her three match points to eventually lose the match here on Thursday at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. The World No.2 lost her women's singles round of 16 match against Yui Hashimoto of Japan 21-13, 12-21, 20-22. "I got pretty disturbed by the wrong...
09:17 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Against all popular expectation, India's star shuttler disappointed everyone after losing to Japan's Yui Hashimoto 21-13, 12-21, 20-22 to crash out of India Open here on Thursday at the Siri Fort Complex. Saina started off well and without breaking a sweat raced to 11-4 lead and eventually clinched the first game 21-13. Her Japanese opponent made lot of unforced errors by playing out of the court which gave...
08:34 PM, Apr 25, 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
World number two woman shuttler Saina Nehwal is the top seed at the Yonex Sunrise India Open, and in the absence of Chinese players, she is eager to put her best foot forward at the BWF Super Series tournament to be held in Delhi from April 23 to 28. ...
08:20 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Unfazed by the tough draw that awaits him, ace Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap says he would look to take one match at a time at his happy hunting ground when the India Open Super Series commences here on Tuesday. Seeded fifth in the tournament, Kashyap will be facing former Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the very first round. If the Indian Olympian manages to...
04:54 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: India will for the first time host badminton's two premier events, the Thomas and the Uber Cup finals, later this year. Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta on Monday said "it is a proud moment for Indian badminton". "I take great pleasure in announcing it to the media that the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup will be held in India for the first time...
04:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: With badminton gaining popularity in the country after the success of players like Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap, national coach Pullela Gopichand is not a satisfied man and wants them to be more consistent. "Guru Saidutt, Ajay Jayaram and Kashyap need to be more consistent at the top as players from Indonesia and Chinese Taipei are catching up and also doing well. Moreover, they have to handle pressure...
04:11 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: World number two woman shuttler Saina Nehwal is the top seed at the Yonex Sunrise India Open, and in the absence of Chinese players, she is eager to put her best foot forward trying to emulate her 2010 success at the BWF Super Series tournament to be held in Delhi from April 23 to 28. Talking at the pre-tournament press conference, Saina sounded upbeat ahead of the tournament...
04:02 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Badminton buffs have been waiting for a mouthwatering marquee clash between Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu. The two Indians could possibly face off for the first time if both go through to the quarter-finals at the India Open here next week. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, to give her full name, is excited at the prospect of playing the World No.2 but she doesn't want to think that far ahead....
06:34 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: World No.1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is aiming to reclaim his title at the forthcoming India Open which he won in 2011. The two-time Olympic silver medallist said he is excited about playing the Indian leg of the BWF World Super Series starting here at the Siri Fort Complex from April 23 to 28. "I'm training extra for India Open and hoping to win the tournament....
05:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
