Indian women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open 2024 badminton tournament on Thursday.
The top Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament on Thursday
The fifth-seed Prannoy is currently India's highest-ranked singles shuttler. But despite his status as world number nine, he will be starting in the qualifiers.
akshya Sen continued his domination of Asian Games gold medalist Li Shi Feng and the rest of the Indian squad pushed overwhelming favourites and hosts China in all the matches but ended up on the wrong side of the 1-3 score line in the quarterfinals of the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2024 in Che
With the quarterfinal spot already assured, the Indian team took on multiple-time champions Indonesia in the last group clash, looking to find the right balance ahead of the knock-out stage.
Indian shuttler Tanisha Crasto partnering Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles believes that the Indian contingent has a strong shot at changing the colour of the medal from bronze and silver to gold as well as winning more than one in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26.
Players in the top 16 (up to two per country) of the men's and women's 'Race to Paris' Rankings, secured a spot for their national sides in Olympics. The qualifying period for the marquee multi-sport event started on May 1 last year and ended on April 28.
Considered the 'World Cup' of badminton, this competition will not directly impact the forthcoming Olympics in Paris, but it would be interesting to see how India's top badminton players perform under duress.