Ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stunned world number two and local favourite Anders Antonsen in straight games to enter the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Thursday. The world number 21 Sen beat the second seed Dane 21-13, 21-14 in a second round match that lasted 53 minutes. In the quarterfinals,…
Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty finished runner-up at a BWF World Tour event for the second week in a row, losing to World No. 1 Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae in the China Masters Super 750’s final in Shenzhen on Sunday. Koreans Kim and Seo, the reigning world champions, defeated…
Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat familiar foes in Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 21-17, 21-14 on Saturday to enter the China Masters 2025 final. The Indians overcame the Malaysian duo in a 41-minute semifinal clash to enter their back-to-back finals on the BWF Tour after they reached the…
“It was a rematch of sorts from the Olympics and I think we finally got some redemption. It was the same court, same arena, a year back exactly. It’s always a pleasure playing against them. We’ve always had some really tough battles at the biggest of events and really happy we could win today,” said…
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured themselves a medal at the BWF World Championships in Paris after beating Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh in the quarterfinal. This will be the Indian pair’s second world championship medal, following a bronze in the 2022 edition. The quarterfinal win also helped Satwik-Chirag avenge their defeat…
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty avenged their Paris Olympics quarterfinals loss at the hands of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh by defeating the Malaysian pair 21-12, 21-19 in the last-eight round of the BWF World Championships in Paris. The victory on Friday assured the Indian pair of a medal — its second at the…
India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday defeated Paris Olympics silver medallist team and World No. 6 Wei Keng Liang and Chang Wang 19-21, 21-15, 21-17 to advance to the quarterfinals at the BWF World Championships in Paris. Satwik and Chirag trailled 15-17 in the deciding game but snatched six…