Ashmita Chaliha first defeated compatriot Unnati Hooda 21-16, 13-21, 21-19 in her first qualifier and then beat Kristin Kuuba of Estonia to confirm her berth in the main draw.
India's star shuttler HS Prannoy finally clinched his first-ever BWF World Tour title with a hard-fought three-game triumph over China's Weng Hongyang on Sunday in the final of the men's singles event at the Malaysia Masters 2023 on Sunday.
General Secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Sanjay Mishra praised India's star shuttler HS Prannoy after he created history by winning his maiden BWF World Tour title on Sunday.
In the first set, Prannoy was leading the scoreline but in the middle of the game, Christian Adinata suffered an injury due to which Indian Shuttler entered the final of the tournament first time in his career.
It is another title to add to an already amazing collection of accolades. Lee has 69 career titles and the record for the most weeks spent as the world's number-one shuttler: 349. With three silver medals, the 40-year-old shuttler is also Malaysia's most decorated Olympic athlete.
Pramod Bhagat defeated India's Manoj Sarkar in straight games to book a place in the singles finals. The match lasted 26 minutes and the final score read 21-10 and 21-17. The shuttler now faces India's Kumar Nitesh in the finals. In the doubles match world no.1 Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam
After losing against Chinese Taipei in the opening Group C encounter on Sunday, India ended up out of the race to make the knockout rounds. India will face Australia in their final group tie on Wednesday but even a win won't help them make the top two.
In the mixed doubles match of the tie, Indian shuttlers Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto faced off against Yang po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang but lost by 21-18, 24-26, and 6-21.
Pramod Bhagat won all the league games and also defeated Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov in straight sets and will now face Japan's Daisuke Fujihara. The Padma Shri Awardee won his quarterfinals in 30 minutes, the final score read 21-15 and 22-20.
The South Korean duo Jang Woojin-Lim Jonghoon defeated Indian Men's shuttlers by 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9) in just around 19 minutes of the game. On the other hand, Ayhika/Sutirtha gave a tough fight to the Luxembourg shuttlers Sarah de Nutte and Xia Lian Ni, but lost their match by 2-3 in arou