Bangkok: India’s Kiran George scripted a stunning straight-game win over world number 9 Shi Yuqi of China but double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made an opening round exit from the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday. On a day when Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth also failed to cross the opening hurdle, 2022 Odisha Open winner …
Lin Dan’s 21-19, 16-21, 21-12 win against Shi Yuqi was only his second triumph in seven meetings, and came after four successive losses, including three last year alone Saturday at the Malaysian Open was as much a day of retribution as of resurrection. Later in the day, China’s living legend Lin Dan sent hard-core badminton-lovers into a frenzy of delight …