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China Open: Indian Challenge Ends After Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Bow Out In First Round

Commonwealth Games men's doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered an opening-round defeat in the China Open Super 1000 tournament, going down in three games to Indonesia's Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Maulana Bagas on Wednesday. The Indian pair, ranked two, lost to the world number 13 duo 17-21, 21-11, 17-21 in one hour eight minutes. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor also crashed out of the tournament, going down to the Malaysian duo of Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei 15-21, 16-21 in the first round.

BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out In 1st round

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth disappoints with his early exit in the first round of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships after being outplayed by Kenta Nishimoto in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday. Nishimoto defeated him in straight games by 21-14, 21-14 to advance to the second round. Earlier in the day, Lakshya Sen and Prannoy HS cruised into round two of the BWF World Championships. First, it was the Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya who took on Mauritius's Julien Paul. Sen was absolutely dominant, beating his opponent in just 24 minutes by 21-12, 21-7.

BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Receives Round 1 Bye, Kidambi Srikanth To Play Kenta Nishimoto

Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received first-round byes in the BWF World Championships 2023 draw held here on Thursday. This year's BWF World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 21 to 27. Sindhu, who won the women's singles world title in 2019, however, has been handed a tough draw and she might face Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and top seed An Se Young of Korea as they are grouped in the top half of the draw.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open

Unheralded Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins at the Australian Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday. Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat Loh 21-19 21-19 in the men's singles first round match that lasted 41 minutes. Manjunath faces the winner of the match between Lee Zii Jia and Leong Jun Hao -- both Malaysians -- in the second round of the BWF Super 500 tournament.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open

Unheralded Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins at the Australian Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday. Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat Loh 21-19 21-19 in the men's singles first round match that lasted 41 minutes. Manjunath faces the winner of the match between Lee Zii Jia and Leong Jun Hao -- both Malaysians -- in the second round of the BWF Super 500 tournament.

Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Pre-Quarters; Aakarshi Kashyap Knocked Out

Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy entered the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles competition in the BWF Japan Open but it was curtains for Aakarshi Kashyap, who ran into Akane Yamaguchi in her very first outing, here on Tuesday. The tournament is taking place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. The Indians had a mixed outing, as in the men's singles, Srikanth brushed aside Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan 21-13, 21-13 to comfortably make the pre-quarters, while compatriot Prannoy too easily defeated Li Shifeng of China 21-17, 21-13 to enter the Round of 16. Both are set to face each other in the next round.

PV Sindhu Drops To No. 15 In BWF Rankings; HS Prannoy Remains Top Indian Shuttler

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu dropped three spots down in the latest BWF rankings. According to the most recent women's singles rankings, which were released on Tuesday, Sindhu has slipped to No. 15 in the world. The former No. 2 has witnessed a considerable decline in her ranking since the start of the year. She entered the 2023 season ranked seventh in the world but fell out of the top 10 in April. In April 2017, the former world champion attained her career-high position of No. 2 in the world, as per Olympics.com.

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China Open: Indian Challenge Ends After Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Bow Out In First Round

BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth Bows Out In 1st round

BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu Receives Round 1 Bye, Kidambi Srikanth To Play Kenta Nishimoto

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Second Round; Mithun Manjunath Secures Upset Win In Australian Open

Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy Enter Pre-Quarters; Aakarshi Kashyap Knocked Out

PV Sindhu Drops To No. 15 In BWF Rankings; HS Prannoy Remains Top Indian Shuttler