Sameer Verma proved that he was getting closer to his best as he upset men's singles third seed Kiran George in straight games while women's singles fifth seed Aakarshi Kashyap saved a match point to beat Denmark's Amalie Schulz to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Sup
Hooda defeated Aakarshi Kashyap by 15-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a hard-fought round of 32 match on Wednesday and could be facing former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on Thursday, as per Olympics.com.
Prannoy and Satwiksairaj-Chirag both World Championships bronze medalists registered straight game wins to move to the pre-quarterfinals stage, as per Olympics.com.
Maharashtra's Harsheel Dani kept his nerves at the business end of the decider to upset top seed Kiran George of Kerala while the experienced Sourabh Verma of Madhya Pradesh gave third seed Karthikey Gulshan Kumar of Delhi a tactical lesson is game plan to advance to the badminton men's sing
India's star badminton players Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy have secured a place in the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s singles event at the Japan Open 2023 badminton tournament in Tokyo
Sindhu, who won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022, has been battling with her form this season after returning from a protracted injury layoff.