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Indian badminton: Doubles pairs keep flag flying high as singles stars falter

India’s doubles players continue to make their presence felt on the global stage. The doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Dhruv Kapila-Chirag Shetty were instrumental in India winning a bronze medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 ahead of the Sudirman Cup, scheduled in May. 6 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have underlined India’s growing influence in …

India staged a remarkable comeback to down Hong Kong 3-2 and qualify for the semifinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships and ensure a first-ever medal in the continental tournament on Friday. Down 0-2, the Indians showed great fighting spirit as the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores after reverses in …

Sindhu Doubles Pair Meet India

Men’s doubles specialist Dhruv Kapila was on Wednesday named as a replacement for injured Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy in the Indian squad for the upcoming Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, slated to be held in Dubai from February 14-19. Satwik, who partners Chirag Shetty in the men’s doubles, sustained a hip injury and has been ruled out for the event, forcing the …

India’s rising men’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and M.R Arjun, who won the India International challenge last week, were motivated by their mentors Pullela Gopichand and Danish coach Mathias Boe to go for the title. The final was a difficult match against Thailand’s pair," IOS Sports athlete, Dhruv said. Describing their performance in the tournament, Dhruv said, “With the …

Upcoming junior Meiraba Maisnam, 19, and World Championships quarterfinalists Dhruv Kapila and M.R Arjun registered contrasting victories to clinch the men’s singles and doubles titles at the Maha Metro Maharashtra International Challenge badminton tournament on Sunday. Meiraba upset second seed Mithun Manjunath 21-14, 21-16 in the men’s singles final while the men’s doubles combination of Dhruv and Arjun did well …

Without any doubt, Boe Mathias, our imported doubles coach from Denmark is worthy of being honoured. So while the rest of the country was Devouring news about men’s and ladies’ singles exploits in the badminton world, Boe was going about his task with earnestness genuinely believing that India has huge talent in doubles as well and that in Satwiksairaj Rankireddy …

India's H S Prannoy staged a spirited comeback to beat compatriot and CWG champion Lakshya Sen to enter the singles quarterfinals while the men's doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and M R Arjun continued their impressive run to make the last eight stage at the World Championships in Tokyo on August 25, 2022. Besides Prannoy, the two Indian men's doubles …

H S Prannoy staged a spirited comeback to beat compatriot and CWG champion Lakshya Sen to enter the singles quarterfinals while the men's doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and M R Arjun continued their impressive run to make the last eight stage at the World Championships in Tokyo on Thursday. Besides Prannoy, the two Indian men's doubles pair of Dhruv …

The Indian men’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun moved to the quarterfinals with a come-from-behind victory over Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean at the World Championships here on Thursday. Arjun and Kapila will cross swords with the third seed Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the the last eight stage. They had upstaged …

India’s Thomas Cup hero HS Prannoy and the men’s doubles pairing of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila were ousted from the Singapore Open in identical fashion despite clinching the opening game. But, things took a turn in the second game as despite going a point ahead a couple of times in the second game, Prannoy couldn’t make his advantage stick. …

The men's pairing of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila was the only bright spot as India suffered a 1-4 loss to Thailand in its group A opener, jeopardising the chances of qualifying for knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup on Sunday. Arjun and Kapila's impressive 21-18 21-17 win over Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren, ranked 147th, in men's doubles was …

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