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India Open: Tai Tzu Ying beats Olympic champ to win women's singles title

Tai Tzu Ying beat Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China to clinch her maiden India Open title with a straight-sets win

India Open: Thailand's Puavaranukroh-Taerattanachai win mixed doubles title

Thailand pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai lifted their first-ever India Open title as they beat Chinese pair Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin

India Open 2024: Irritating for Prannoy to face Indian peers early on

Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy on Thursday expressed his 'irritation' on facing fellow Indians in early stages of a competition after training against the same opponents, while admitting that not much can be done about it. In the first round of India Open Super 750, after Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat played against each other, Prannoy locked horns with Rajawat on Thursday. In fact, a lot of shuttlers from Japan, Chinese Taipei and China have faced each other in the ongoing tournament which has a draw of 32. "It's always tough to play at 750 level, you're getting a draw like this, where three Indians are in one quarter. It's a little irritating, to be honest," Prannoy said after he reached the quarterfinals here. "But that's how the draws are sometimes and you have to take it like that. This totally depends on tournament software. We have seen a lot of Chinese also playing the first two rounds." Last year Prannoy and Lakshya had faced each other in the early stages of Malaysi

India Open 2024: Prannoy fends off Rajawat, Sat-Chi sail through to last 8

India's top-seeded men's singles player HS Prannoy managed to fend off raging Rajawat in a three-setter while Satwik Chirag had an easy win in their Round of 16 game at India Open 2024

India Open 2024: Upsets galore as world champ, All-England winner crash out

Kunlavut Vitidsar, Li Shi Feng and Jonathan Christie lost their matches against lower-ranked opponents in the men's singles draw of the India Open 2024

India Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag want to change strategy after opening win

Satwik and Chirag were the only Indians to win on Day 2 of the India Open 2024 as the number two seed moved to the Round of 16 in the men's doubles competition

India Open: Has Prannoy conserved enough energy to face raging Rajawat?

India Open 2024 HS Prannoy vs Priyanshu Rajawat Preview: The two players are differently built and a have huge experience gap. Who will outclass the other in an all-India affair?

India Open 2024: How Ashwini, Crasto won hearts with subtle racket exchange

The Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwani and Crasto had the crowd swooning to their tunes at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in Delhi but were unfortunate to lose a three-set thriller

Poor net play, unforced errors push Kidambi Srikanth out of India Open 2024

India's Kidambi Srikanth lost to Hong Kong's LKee Cheuk Yiu in straight sets 24-22, 21-13, but not before showing some sparks of his brilliance

India Open 2024: Mentor Vimal Kumar to get Lakshya new coach post Olympics

Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen will have a new coach after the Paris Olympics, said his mentor and former India coach Vimal Kumar, who has taken over the duties till the Summer Games. The 22-year-old from Almora has parted ways with Anup Sridhar, who was hired at the beginning of the year keeping in mind the Paris Olympics in July-August. "Anup was hired till Olympics but Lakshya wanted to try out few things, so they mutually decided to part ways," Vimal told PTI on Tuesday. "He needs to have a younger coach travelling with him. But there is hardly any time. So we will be able to hire someone only after the Olympics. I will be travelling with him till the Olympics." Sen is currently ranked 17th in the Olympic Games qualification rankings and needs to stay inside the top 16 by April-end to make the Paris Games cut. Commonwealth Games champion Sen claimed the Canada Open Super 500 title in July, besides three semifinal finishes at the Thailand Open Super 500, US Open Super 300 and

India Open: Excited to face Prannoy Bhaiya, Rajawat has Paris-sized dreams

Priyanshu Rajawat beat Lakshya Sen in the first round of the India Open 2024. He will face HS Prannoy next with whom he has trained and calls him Bhaiya. He has eyes on a Paris Olympics berth as well

India Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag favourites, Prannoy real hero for Gopichand

The chief coach of the Indian national team Pullela Gopichand discussed at length all the possibilities of the Indian shuttlers in the Olympic year and at the Indian Open 2024

India Open 2024: Rajawat upsets Lakshya, dents his Paris Olympic chances

Lakshya Sen, ranked 17th in the world received a dent in his chances of direct qualification to the Paris Olympics after he was beaten by world number 30, compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat

India Open 2024: Lakshya Sen inspired by Prakash Padukone's words of wisdom

Lakshya Sen will be looking to get back into the top 16 of the Race to Paris rankings to qualify directly for the Paris Olympics 2024 with a great showing at India Open 2024

World Champion Vitidsarn targets India Open to regain form, mental strength

Kunlavut Vitidsarn is the defending champion of the India Open Super 750 tournament. He won the title in 2023 and is back to defend it. India Open 2024 starts on Tuesday, January 16 in New Delhi

India Open Badminton 2024: Live match timing, streaming and venue details

India Open is the premier badminton tournament in the country, placed in the Super 750 category. It will begin on January 16 with Round of 32 and will be live-streamed on Jiocinema

Malaysia Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag lose to Chinese pair, finish second

Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China beat the Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty after losing the first set 9-21 and trailing 3-10 in third

Satwik-Chirag create history as they enter Malaysian Open final in style

Satwik-Chirag came back from 11-18 down to win the second game 21-18 and the match 22-20 and 21-18 to enter their second Super 1000 tournament final

Malaysia Open: Satwik-Chirag, Tanisha-Castro in doubles QF; Srikanth out

India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their impressive run to advance to the men's doubles quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth failed to cross the second round at Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Thursday. World No. 2 Satwik and Chirag, who had a stellar run in 2023 with six titles, beat France's world No. 36 Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-11 21-18 to set up a clash with China's world No. 32 He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu. The Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, who claimed the Guwahati Masters super 100 title last month, shocked seventh seeded Japanese pair of Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto 21-19, 13-21, 21-15 to inch closer in their effort to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Srikanth, however, failed to rein in his errors and went down 13-21 17-21 to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus in the second round. Satwik and Chirag, the Asian Games gold medallists, dished out an aggressive game to gallop to 11-2 lead at

Malaysia Open: Indian shuttlers hope for bright start in Olympic year

With the Paris Olympic qualification at stake, top Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen, will hope to begin the new season on a bright note when they start their campaign at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Tuesday. A lot will be on the line for Indian shuttlers in the next four months as they zoom through a hectic calender, hoping to get inside the world's top-16 by April end to book their berths for the Paris Games. Frontrunner in the Olympic race, world no. 8 Prannoy, had a sensational season with maiden bronze medals at the World Championships and the Asian Games and a title-run at the Malaysia Masters super 500. He also registered a final finish at the Australia Open super 500. The 31-year-old, seeded 8th, will hope to continue his rich vein of form when he opens against Denmark's Anders Antonsen, who made a successful comeback from an injury by winning the Korea Open in 2023. All eyes will also be on Lakshya and Kidambi Srikanth as t