Thailand Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal cruises into second round!
After the COVID testing chaos occurring here, India’s Kidmabi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal progressed to the men’s singles and women’s singles respectively to the second round of the Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament. However, Parupalli Kashyap had to walk back due o an injuy. It was easy win for the…
Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy Cleared To Play For Thailand Open After Antibody Test: BWF
In a big relief for India, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) on Tuesday cleared Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy for the Thailand Open revealing that while they had tested positive for COVID-19 in the PCR Test, their antibody IgG was also positive, which suggested that…
Thailand Masters 2020: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth hope to keep Olympic dream alive after disappointing start to year
Saina and Srikanth are placed at the 22nd and 23rd spots in BWF’s Race to Tokyo rankings with 26 April being the cut off date for Olympic qualification. According to the BWF Olympics qualification rules, only two players from each singles category can qualify if their ranking lies within…
Saina Nehwal Wins Australian Super Series
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain’s Carolina Marin in the summit clash here on Sunday. The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Grand Prix Gold…
Hong Kong Open: Saina, Ajay Jayaram lose; India campaign over
Saina Nehwal’s poor run continued this season as she crashed out of the women’s singles competition after suffering a narrow defeat against Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand in the second round of the Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament in Kowloon here today. Seventh seed Saina, who improved a rung in…
Saina Nehwal rallies to triumph in Thailand Open
Bangkok: Saina Nehwal got a major boost ahead of London Olympics as the top-seeded Indian won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title after defeating local favourite second seed Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand with a 19-21 21-15, 21-10 scoreline in Bangkok on Sunday. Saina had a scratchy start as she…
Saina Nehwal enters Indonesian Open final
JAKARTA: Defending champion Saina Nehwal inched closer to a third successive Indonesian Open Super Series title after advancing to the finals with a hard-fought victory over Chinese Taipei’s Shao Chieh Cheng on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Indian won 21-14, 14-21, 21-17 in a 45-minute battle against giant-killer Cheng, who had created…