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Tata Open Maharashtra, the organisers said on Monday. Not a single main draw player got infection and no match was cancelled in the ATP 250 event, country's biggest tennis tournament. The organisers say given the massive withdrawals witnessed at the India Open badminton tournament and the way Indian women football team was forced out of the Asian Cup, they certainly felt the pressure.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Tuesday progressed to the second round of the Denmark Openas badmintonresumed after a seven-month-long hiatus. Lakshya defeated France's Christo Popov 21-9, 21-15 in a match that lasted for 36 minutes. The 19-year-old Indian did not let his opponent create any sort of momentum and managed to win the match in straight games. Spanish badminton star Carolina Marindefeated Russia's Natalia Perminova 21-7, 21-15 to progress to the second round.
India's Kidambi Srikanth dished out a dominating show to outclass England's Toby Penty in straight games, in his opening round match at the Denmark Open, which marked the resumption of international badminton after seven months. The former world number one, who had claimed four superseries titles in 2017, beat Toby 21-12 21-18 in 37 minutes, as the sport finally got going after the long coronavirus-forced hiatus. The fifth seed will face either fellow Indian Subhankar Dey or Canada's Jason Anthony Ho-Shue in the next round.
Teenager Unnati Hooda, 14, became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the women's singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in men's singles final of the USD 75,000 Odisha Open badminton tournament on Sunday. The 21-year-old George prevailed over Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15, 14-21, 21-18 to clinch the men's singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes. Before that, 14-year-old Unnati produced an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event. Unnati won 21-18, 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time.
BEIJING : Two graceful figures flick a puck back and forth across imaginary ice, before a tussle and a victory lap for one skater, in a portrayal of real-life battles set to take place at the Winter Olympics opening in China's capital next week.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian badminton ace Lee Zii Jia and officials struck a deal on Tuesday (Jan 25) to lift a ban imposed on the world number seven last week after he quit the national team.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian badminton star Lee Zii Jia has appealed a two-year ban imposed on him for quitting the national team, officials said Monday (Jan 24), after the move triggered widespread anger.
The Syed Modi India International men's singles final in Lucknow on Sunday has been called off after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said.