India's Chirag Sen and Manav Choudhary bowed out of the men’s singles qualifiers in the Hong Kong Open tournament on Tuesday, September 10. Chirag Sen won his round of 16 qualification match against Canada’s Lai Yin Chung 21-12 21-10 but failed to clear the next hurdle, losing his tie against another Canadian Sheng Xiaodong 12-21 21-13 14-21. Manav Choudhary lost …
Paris: Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikkanth advanced to the quarter-finals of the Orleans Masters badminton tournament after defeating their respective opponents in women’s and men’s singles in Paris on Thursday. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina prevailed over France’s Marie Batomene in the women’s singles second round, while the top-seeded Srikkanth beat Cheam Jun Wei of Malaysia 21-17 …
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