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 …
Since beating China clearly appears beyond the capabilities of the Indians, it would be best for them to concentrate on their match against Malaysia, so that they can at least be sure of their play-off quarter-final berth Thirty-one teams, divided into four groups on the basis of their intrinsic strength and past record, and vying amongst themselves for the symbol …
In a late development, the Indian Open badminton championship suffered a serious loss of sheen when World No. 2 and top seeds in singles, Shi Yuqi and Chen Yufei withdrew citing medical grounds. Shi Yuqi, the 2018 World championship runner-up, is also the defending men’s champion. In the absence of the highest world-ranked Chinese singles players, P. V. Sindhu becomes …
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