Birmingham: Lee Zii Jia shocked two-time world champion Kento Momota to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open on Friday. The Malaysian beat the world number one 21-16, 21-19 to end his Japanese opponent’s tournament after a much-anticipated return to international action this week. Lee surged on from there, matching Momota’s razor-sharp movement to win seven straight points and …
Indian badminton supporters have gotten used to seeing her perpetual frown of self-doubt and indifferent body language, but rarely have they seen Sindhu appear so disinterested A totally out-of-sorts PV Sindhu played one of the most forgettable matches of her decade-long international career, when she went down without a whimper to second-seeded Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara by a totally one-sided …
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