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Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had started 2023 in brilliant fashion, winning the Swiss Open and the Badminton Asia Championships. They had carried forward the momentum they gained last year by winning the India Open, French Open, Thomas Cup, Commonwealth Games, and a World Championships bronze. Once they conceded the lead, Satwik and Chirag were forced to play a catch-up game. AFP But the last couple of weeks have dented their admirable standing. Probably the most consistent of Indian shuttlers on the BWF World Tour, the world No.6 pairing suffered a second round exit at the Thailand Open, which was followed by an uncharacteristic first round exit at the Singapore Open last week. This week the Thomas Cup champions have bounced back brilliantly to reach the final of their first Super 1000 tour stanley cup canada nament 鈥?the $1.25 million Indonesia Open 鈥?in Jakarta on Saturday. Shetty and Rankireddy staged a stunning comeback victory in the mens doubles semi-final to beat world No.12 Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea 17-21, 21-19, 21-18 in an hour and stanley kubek seven minutes at the loud and iconic Istora Senayan stadium. This was their third win in four meetings against the pair. As they say, your biggest victories come after your gravest losses. We were at our lowest of lows in Singapore. But we stood up from there and this week has been incredible. Theres still a match to go, Shetty was quoted as saying by world body, BWF. We feel really good the way we stanley cup played. W Hfcz Peru s Paolo Guerrero clear to play for Brazilian club Flamengo
Saina Nehwal started her title defence with a crushing victory over China s Lu stanley isolierkanne Lan in the first round of the Singapore Open Super Series on Wednesday. HT Image The world No. 4 Indian kept her cool at crucial moments against a struggling Lan to win 21-18, 13-21, 21-16 and carries the burden of Indian hopes alone as the rest of her compatriots crashed out of the event. Arundhati Pantawane, playing her maiden first round match of Super Series, went down to Taiwan s Tai Tzu Ying 16-21, 13-21, while P Kashyap s loss to eighth seed Park Sung Hwan ended India s challenge in the men s singles.Commonwealth gold medalists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also crashed out in the womens doubles.Saina, who had defeated Lan in the first round last week in the Thailand O stanley cup deutschland pen also, used her deadly smashes to maximum extent to trouble the Chinese. Lan managed to take the match into the deciding game, but Saina was well prepared for her, and held on to an early lead to win the match. Saina faces Asian Championship s semifinalist Shao Chieh Cheng of Taiwan in the next round.Indians results: Saina Nehwal bt Lu Lan Chn 2118, 13-21, 21-16; Parupalli Kashyap lost to Park Sung Hwan Kor 15-21, 14- stanley quencher 21;Rupesh Kumar/ Sanave Thomas lost to Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa Jpn 17-21, 16-21;Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Jung Kyung Eun/ Kim Ha Na Kor 17-21, 14-21.Arundhati Pantawane lost to Tai Tzu Ying Chinese Taipei 16-21, 31-12. Stay updated with the... See more Stay
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had started 2023 in brilliant fashion, winning the Swiss Open and the Badminton Asia Championships. They had carried forward the momentum they gained last year by winning the India Open, French Open, Thomas Cup, Commonwealth Games, and a World Championships bronze. Once they conceded the lead, Satwik and Chirag were forced to play a catch-up game. AFP But the last couple of weeks have dented their admirable standing. Probably the most consistent of Indian shuttlers on the BWF World Tour, the world No.6 pairing suffered a second round exit at the Thailand Open, which was followed by an uncharacteristic first round exit at the Singapore Open last week. This week the Thomas Cup champions have bounced back brilliantly to reach the final of their first Super 1000 tour stanley cup canada nament 鈥?the $1.25 million Indonesia Open 鈥?in Jakarta on Saturday. Shetty and Rankireddy staged a stunning comeback victory in the mens doubles semi-final to beat world No.12 Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea 17-21, 21-19, 21-18 in an hour and stanley kubek seven minutes at the loud and iconic Istora Senayan stadium. This was their third win in four meetings against the pair. As they say, your biggest victories come after your gravest losses. We were at our lowest of lows in Singapore. But we stood up from there and this week has been incredible. Theres still a match to go, Shetty was quoted as saying by world body, BWF. We feel really good the way we stanley cup played. W Hfcz Peru s Paolo Guerrero clear to play for Brazilian club Flamengo
Saina Nehwal started her title defence with a crushing victory over China s Lu stanley isolierkanne Lan in the first round of the Singapore Open Super Series on Wednesday. HT Image The world No. 4 Indian kept her cool at crucial moments against a struggling Lan to win 21-18, 13-21, 21-16 and carries the burden of Indian hopes alone as the rest of her compatriots crashed out of the event. Arundhati Pantawane, playing her maiden first round match of Super Series, went down to Taiwan s Tai Tzu Ying 16-21, 13-21, while P Kashyap s loss to eighth seed Park Sung Hwan ended India s challenge in the men s singles.Commonwealth gold medalists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also crashed out in the womens doubles.Saina, who had defeated Lan in the first round last week in the Thailand O stanley cup deutschland pen also, used her deadly smashes to maximum extent to trouble the Chinese. Lan managed to take the match into the deciding game, but Saina was well prepared for her, and held on to an early lead to win the match. Saina faces Asian Championship s semifinalist Shao Chieh Cheng of Taiwan in the next round.Indians results: Saina Nehwal bt Lu Lan Chn 2118, 13-21, 21-16; Parupalli Kashyap lost to Park Sung Hwan Kor 15-21, 14- stanley quencher 21;Rupesh Kumar/ Sanave Thomas lost to Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa Jpn 17-21, 16-21;Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Jung Kyung Eun/ Kim Ha Na Kor 17-21, 14-21.Arundhati Pantawane lost to Tai Tzu Ying Chinese Taipei 16-21, 31-12. Stay updated with the... See more Stay