PV SINDHU on Friday sealed a place in the semi-final at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold in Macau, beating Chen Yufei of China 21-13, 18-21, 21-14 in 54 minutes.
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH, who on Wednesday qualified for the World Superseries Finals to be held in Dubai next month, went down by a place to be ranked No.8 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.
SAINA NEHWAL AND KIDAMBI SRIKANTH were the only two Indian shuttlers who on Wednesday qualified for the prestigious year-ending $1 million BWF World Superseries Finals to be played at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai from December 9-13.
FORMER LONG JUMP champion Anju Bobby George has been appointed the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) chairperson, after the sports ministry cleared her appointment for the post on Tuesday.
DINESH KHANNA, former Asian badminton champion feels Indian shuttlers can win medals at next year's Rio Olympics including two-time World Championship bronze medallist PV Sindhu, but all they need to do is find a way to deal with the mental pressure that gets to them during matches against top seeds or at crucial moments.
THE SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (SAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with badminton coach Pullela Gopichand to establish a SAI Gopichand National Badminton Academy in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
HS PRANNOY AND SAI PRANEETH moved into the second round in the men's singles category while top seed Kidambi Srikanth suffered a shock defeat to be ousted from the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.
MANU ATTRI/B SUMEETH REDDY are seeded no. 1 at the Brazil Open which begins on November 24 in Rio. The tournament will start with a round-robin format, group stages and then onto the knockout levels from the quarter-finals.
PV SINDHU will be looking to defend her title for the second time at the Macau Open GPG beginning November 24, while Kidambi Srikanth has been seeded no. 1.
MANU ATTRI/SUMEETH REDDY and Anand Pawar, men's singles shuttler ended their campaign at the Scottish Open Grand Prix in their respective quarter-final matches in Glasgow on Friday.
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