Indian women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open 2024 badminton tournament on Thursday.
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.
Reigning World Championship medallist Prannoy is excited to play in his first Olympics. Ranked ninth in the world in the men's singles category Prannoy is the highest Indian-ranked player
Sindhu lost to world No. 7 Han Yue in a match that lasted for 69 minutes at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre in China with score of 18-21, 21-13, 17-21.
Later, the top-ranked men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action, taking on Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana in the second round.
The Indian women's team blanked Hong Kong 3-0 to reach the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Team Championships for the first time in the history of the competition while the men went down 2-3 against Japan in Selangor on Friday.
The second seeds, who finished runners-up in the Malaysia Open Super 1000 last week, were quick off the blocks and pocketed the opening game rather easily
India's star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the semifinals of the Malaysia Open 2024 after overpowering China's He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.