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Australian Open: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Advance Into Second Round

Indian duo of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced to the second round of the Australian Open 2023 women's doubles event at the State Sports Centre in Sydney, on Tuesday. The Indian duo of Jolly and Gopichand defeated the world No. 29 Canadian pair of Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu 21-16, 21-17 in the round of 32 of the BWF Super 500 tournament. In the round of 16, the star shuttlers will face tougher opponents in Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara, who are ranked fourth in the world.

India Knocked Out Of Sudirman Cup, Lose To Malaysia In 2nd Group C Match

India were knocked out of the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament after going down meekly to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships in Suzhou on Monday. Star shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu couldn't produce the goods as it was all over for India in the prestigious tournament. While Srikanth was too erratic in men's singles contest, Sindhu showed great fightback in the decider after squandering an opening game advantage only to go down in the end to world No. 30 Goh Jin Wei.

India Knocked Out Of Sudirman Cup, Lose To Malaysia In 2nd Group C Match

India were knocked out of the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament after going down meekly to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships in Suzhou on Monday. Star shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu couldn't produce the goods as it was all over for India in the prestigious tournament. While Srikanth was too erratic in men's singles contest, Sindhu showed great fightback in the decider after squandering an opening game advantage only to go down in the end to world No. 30 Goh Jin Wei.

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Go Down, Settle For Bronze

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won a bronze medal at the ongoing BWF World Championships on Saturday. The duo ended up losing the semi-final against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 22-20, 18-21, 16-21 in the men's doubles semi-final that lasted for 76 minutes. The Indian duo had earlier assured India of a medal on Friday as they became the first Indian pair to reach the semi-finals of the men's doubles event at the BWF World Championships. It will be India's second World Championships medal in the doubles event after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who claimed a bronze in 2011 in the women's doubles.

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Go Down, Settle For Bronze

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won a bronze medal at the ongoing BWF World Championships on Saturday. The duo ended up losing the semi-final against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 22-20, 18-21, 16-21 in the men's doubles semi-final that lasted for 76 minutes. The Indian duo had earlier assured India of a medal on Friday as they became the first Indian pair to reach the semi-finals of the men's doubles event at the BWF World Championships. It will be India's second World Championships medal in the doubles event after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who claimed a bronze in 2011 in the women's doubles.

BWF World Championships: Ponnappa-Sikki Crash Out In Round Of 32

The Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy crashed out of the ongoing BWF World Championships 2022 after losing in their second-round match in the women's doubles category against China's Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan on Wednesday. Playing on court 1, Ponnappa and Sikki lost the game by 15-21, 10-21. The Indian duo looked off-colour and could not match the intensity and shot-making by the Chinese. The result was a crash-out within just two straight games.

BWF World Championships: B Sai Praneeth Loses, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar Win On Day 1

B Sai Praneeth failed to cross the opening hurdle after losing in three games but India registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day of the BWF World Championships here on Monday. Praneeth, a 2019 bronze medallist, put up a brave effort before going down 15-21 21-15 15-21 to world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in little over an hour. It was yet another forgettable outing in Tokyo for Praneeth, following his struggles at last year's Olympic Games where he participated without a proper coach or physio to eventually bow out early.

BWF World Championships: B Sai Praneeth Loses, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar Win On Day 1

B Sai Praneeth failed to cross the opening hurdle after losing in three games but India registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day of the BWF World Championships here on Monday. Praneeth, a 2019 bronze medallist, put up a brave effort before going down 15-21 21-15 15-21 to world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in little over an hour. It was yet another forgettable outing in Tokyo for Praneeth, following his struggles at last year's Olympic Games where he participated without a proper coach or physio to eventually bow out early.

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Australian Open: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Advance Into Second Round

India Knocked Out Of Sudirman Cup, Lose To Malaysia In 2nd Group C Match

India Knocked Out Of Sudirman Cup, Lose To Malaysia In 2nd Group C Match

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Go Down, Settle For Bronze

BWF World Championships, Men's Doubles Semi-Final Highlights: Chirag Shetty And Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Go Down, Settle For Bronze

BWF World Championships: Ponnappa-Sikki Crash Out In Round Of 32

BWF World Championships: B Sai Praneeth Loses, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar Win On Day 1

BWF World Championships: B Sai Praneeth Loses, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar Win On Day 1