Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert his third match point to win 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to set up a Round of 16 clash against top seed Oh Junsung, as per a press release.
India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles at the Malaysia Open 2026 after registering a straight-games win at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday
The experienced Shruti Mundada, Parul Choudhary and rising star Tanvi Patri upset higher ranked opponents to reach the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Senior National badminton championships here on Thursday
However, R Praggnanandhaa's campaign came to an end after losing to former World Rapid Champion GM Daniil Dubov in the fifth round. With Pranav V and Karthik Venkataraman losing in the classical games in round 5, there were three Indians in the tiebreak, and two of them ultimately advanced t
In the U-17 girls' singles, Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar turned in solid displays to storm into the pre-quarters. Lakshya eased past Chinese Taipei's Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, while Diksha produced a strong comeback to beat China's Luo Ya Ru 17-21, 21-16, 21-11. Among the boys, Jagsher
Satwiksairaj and Chirag, playing the tournament just days after their second World Championships bronze medal, outclassed the 17th-ranked Chinese Taipei pair of Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin 21-13, 18-21, 21-10 in 59 minutes, as per Olympics.com.
India's Lakshya Chahar came up with a clinical performance to blank Hussein Iashaish of Jordan to reach the round of the 16 in the men's 80kg category at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool on Sunday, as per a release from BFI.
Prannoy, who faced a loss to Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen by 21-18, 15-21, 8-21 in the round of 16 at the China Open, lost to Yohanes Saut Marcellyno of Indonesia by 21-18, 15-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.
Head coach Owen Coyle named an attacking side for the clash. Playmaker Connor Shields partnered Jiteshwor Singh in the middle of the park, flanked on either side by Irfan Yadwad and Lukas Brambilla. Up front, Wilmar Jordan Gil and Daniel Chima Chukwu lined up in a two-man attack, as per a pr