The seventh-seeded Crasto-Ponnappa beat compatriots Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand to make it to the quarters. In the semifinals, they had a much tougher challenge in the form of Japanese top seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.
The shuttler had earlier won the Orleans Masters title this year and shown his promise. He led the game one from the start and won it easily, but was made to work hard in the second game.
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.
They played their fourth final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour this year, having won other three of them - Swiss Open 2023, Indonesia Open 2023 and Korea Open 2023 - earlier this year.
India's ace shuttler HS Prannoy bowed out of the ongoing China Masters 2023 tournament after losing his Round of 16 clash against Japan's Kodai Naraoka on Friday.
Over 1350 participants from across 32 states and union territories including the Services Sports Control Board are expected to participate in the maiden Khelo India Para Games which will witness para athletes vie for honours in seven disciplines including para-athletics, para shooting, para
The Indian para-athlete contingent made history by hitting a century of medals, finishing with 111 medals that included 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals
Indian Para-badminton player and Paralympic gold medalist Pramod Bhagat expressed happiness with his performance in the recently-concluded Para Asian Games in Hangzhou and credited the central government for providing facilities that helped securing 100-plus medals in both Asian Games and
India's star shuttler PV Sindhu on Saturday announced that she has teamed up with former badminton player Prakash Padukone ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.