London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Orleans Masters badminton tournament with a straight-games first-round loss to Turkey’s Neslihan Yigit on Wednesday. In other first-round men’s singles matches, India’s Manjunath defeated higher-ranked Victor Svendsen of Denmark 24-22, 25-23 while Rajawat beat compatriot Kiran George 21-18, 21-13. Manjunath will play Taipei’s Yu Jen, who was lucky to progress …
Aakarshi Kashyap and Priyanshu Rajawat are set to be picked for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games respectively after emerging as winners in women’s and men’s singles at Badminton Association of India’s selection trials New Delhi Aakarshi Kashyap and Priyanshu Rajawat are set to be picked for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games respectively after emerging as winners …
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