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 …
The unseeded Indian pair toiled hard for one hour and 15 minutes to beat their world no. Bangkok: World champion PV Sindhu dished out a below-par performance to lose her quarterfinal match, while Sameer Verma’s gallant fight ended in agony in the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament on Friday. In men’s singles, Sameer’s giant-killing run also came to an …
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