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Padel, the dynamic and fast-growing sport, received a momentous boost as the Indian Padel Federation (IPF) announced a strategic partnership with badminton legend Pullela Gopichand. Gopichand, a Padma Bhushan, Dronacharya and Arjuna awardee, joined the IPF as an advisor, bringing his enormous wealth of expertise and experience, having made an indelible mark in producing a host of world-class shuttlers, stated a press release by IPF.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's lack of consistency after coming back from an injury should not be a cause of "concern", feels chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. Sindhu suffered yet another first round exit on Tuesday when she lost to world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi in the Singapore Open. "She's very young in saying that she's just 26-27. It's a good age, there is no reason for concern," Gopichand told PTI in a virtual interaction. A silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and bronze winner in the Tokyo Games, Sindhu suffered an ankle injury in August last year to be slipped out of top-10 in the BWF women's singles rankings. She remained out of action for four months because of that injury.
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Loh Kean Yew and Yeo Jia Min have qualified for the second round of the Singapore Badminton Open after winning their opening matches on Wednesday (Jun 7).
SINGAPORE: Team Singapore athletes enjoyed more success in Cambodia on Wednesday (Jun 7) as they took three titles to bring the country's tally of gold medals at the 2023 ASEAN Para Games to 10.
India's Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted from the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament after suffering contrasting losses in the opening round in Singapore on Tuesday. Srikanth, a 2021 world championships silver medallist, beat Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round of men's singles competition. He will face Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee, who beat Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match after being promoted to the main draw from the reserves.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's lack of consistency after coming back from an injury should not be a cause of "concern", feels chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. Sindhu suffered yet another first round exit on Tuesday when she lost to world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi in the Singapore Open. "She's very young in saying that she's just 26-27. It's a good age, there is no reason for concern," Gopichand told PTI in a virtual interaction. A silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and bronze winner in the Tokyo Games, Sindhu suffered an ankle injury in August last year to be slipped out of top-10 in the BWF women's singles rankings. She remained out of action for four months because of that injury.
SINGAPORE: Singapore's swimmers struck gold three times on day three of the ASEAN Para Games in Phnom Penh, breaking two Games records in the process.
Defending champion PV Sindhu will look to bounce back after hitting a low at Thailand but in-form HS Prannoy will be brimming with confidence as the duo spearheads Indian challenge at the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament starting in Singapore on Tuesday. Things have not been the same for Sindhu since she suffered that ankle injury in August last year. She is slowly getting back to her best with a final and semi-final finish at Madrid Spain Masters and Malaysia Masters respectively being her best result this season. However, a first-round exit at Thailand Open following a narrow loss to Canada's Michell Li is not the right way to approach a tournament, which remains her last BWF world tour title.