The senior nationals were not held for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returns to a city that is widely considered as the birthplace of shuttle badminton
Indian shuttlers created history as they bagged their first-ever medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023 going down fighting to China 2-3 in the semi-final encounter.
This is going to be India's first-ever semis appearance in the tournament. In 2019, it was knocked out in group stages while it was defeated 3-2 by Thailand in the quarterfinals of the inaugural tournament back in 2017.
India has qualified for the QFs with wins over Kazakhstan and UAE as well. They have maintained a perfect record of three wins in three ties. In the quarterfinals on Friday, India will be playing Hong Kong, which finished at number two in Group D, as per Olympics.com
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will lead India's effort in the women's singles at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in 2023, while HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen will represent India in the men's singles
Prannoy had to toil hard to register a win against the much lower-ranked opponent 21-16, 16-21, 21-16. China's Lu Guang Zu will be the next hurdle in the Indian shuttler's way.
Going into the match Sen was definitely the favourite, given his meteoric rise but was defeated by former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth 21-18, 21-18, improving his head-to-head record to 2-0. During the BWF World Championships 2021 semifinal match between the two Indian athletes, Srikanth imp
The Indian pair registered a loss within two straight games by 15-21, 16-21. Arjun and Kapila offered some solid competition to their Indonesian opponents but it was not enough