Indian badminton star PV Sindhu on Tuesday crashed out of the Arctic Open 2024 after conceding a defeat against Canada's Michelle Li in the first round.
After recently appointing Anup Sridhar as interim coach, Indian badminton star PV Sindhu has further bolstered her coaching team by adding former South Korean badminton legend, Lee Hyun Il, as a consulting coach.
'Sat-Chi' as the popular Indian badminton duo is known crashed out of the men's doubles event following their defeat against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh in the quarter-finals on Thursday
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty scripted history and became the first Indian badminton doubles pair to advance to the quarterfinals at the Olympics.
Indian badminton star Satwiksairaj Rankireddy shared a picture with Nadal on his Instagram story, with him being ecstatic about posing "with the best".
Indian badminton players Priyanshu Rajawat and Lakshya Sen advanced to the second round of the Indonesia Open 2024 BWF Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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.
The Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday hoped that Indian badminton players will have their "best medal haul" at the upcoming Paris Paralympic Games.
Young Indian badminton talent and defending champion from last edition Unnati Hooda was also up against Uganda's Husina Kobugabe in the Women's Singles fixture. Unnati won her match by 21-10 and 21-8.
PV Sindhu defeated the world No. 26 shuttler in three straight games, winning 20-22, 22-20, and 21-18. When PV Sindhu met Thuy Linh Nguyen on her way to winning the Singapore Open championship the previous year, she eked out a similarly tight victory.