Badminton

The dynamic Indian duo fell to the Indonesians in two straight games of 16-21, 15-21 in the Round of 16 at the All England Open.

Rankireddy and Shetty got the better of Yang and Lee in straight games 21-11, 21-17 to claim the title without dropping a game in the entire tournament.

Satwik and Chirag got the better of the Malaysian combination of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 21-13 24-22 in 47 minutes, while Jolly and Gayatri also moved into the second round with a 6-21 21-19 21-17 win over Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto.

Jolly and Gopichand were shown the exit door by the Chinese pair of Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min 21-16 21-14 in just 41 minutes in the quarterfinal of the SUpe r 300 event in Germany.

HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen posted victories in singles rubbers before the Chinese unit hit back with a win in two doubles events before Wang Zheng Xing closed out the fixture with a win over Chirag Sen.

The duo of Jolly and Gopichand posted a 16-21 21-10 21-18 win over the Hong Kong pair of Lok Lok Lui and Wing Yung NG, while Crasto and Ponnappa defeated the Chinese Taipei duo of Ling Fang Hu and Xiao Min Lin 21-13 21-17 in the opening round.

The Indian pair put up a brilliant fight but ended up second at the Malaysian Open and will enter next week's India Open with a lot of confidence following their strong showing in Kuala Lumpur.

World No. 2 Satwik and Chirag beat France's world No. 36 Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-11 21-18 to set up a clash with China's world No. 32 He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu.

Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa stormed into the women's doubles final at the Guwahati Masters.

Ponnappa and Kapoor overcame the challenge from the Malaysian pair of Peng Soon Chan and Yee See Cheah in straight games to win 21-12, 21-18. While, B Sumeeth Kumar Reddy-Sikki Reddy's pair tasted success, beating Taiwan's Hsuan-Yi Wu and Chu Yun 21-14, 2...

The top seeds will face another Chinese pair in the summit clash, the winner of the other semifinal between Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi and second seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.

Returning to action after four weeks, the World Championships bronze medallist will like to take it slow as he will be up against unseeded Lee Cheuk Yui of Hong Kong.

Sindhu defeated Indonesia’s Gregoria Tunjung 12-21, 21-18, 21-15 after 69 minutes of intense contest to storm into the second round, while Rankireddy and Shetty beat world No. 34 Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-13.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho 21-18, 21-16 in the men’s doubles final to win gold at the Asian Games.

Crasto and Ponnappa went down 18-21 7-21 in just 38 minutes against Matsumoto and Nagahara after Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost 8-21 14-21 to Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ranadhanti of Indonesia.

The world number six, Prannoy, came off second best against Malaysian Ng Tze Yong in a fixture that ended 12-21 21-13 18-21 as the Indian crashed out of the Super 1000 event in China. Sen also crashed out of the tournament in the first round after losing...