The Indian duo won 22-24, 21-15, 21-11, defeating the Easton-Russ combo, ranked No. 56 in the world in badminton.

Kashyap defeated his opposition by 24-22, 21-10

Nehwal defeated her Chinese counterpart Bingjio by 21-19, 11-21, 21-17 while Arjun-Kapila prevailed over Sze Fei and Izzuddin of Malaysia by 18-21, 24-22, and 21-18

Playing in court 2, Bansod lost the match by a margin of 21-10, 21-17

Bangkok [Thailand], May 17 (ANI): Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha advanced to the women's singles' main draw of the Thailand Open 2022 after winning their respective qualifiers on Tuesday.

Suncheon [South Korea], April 7 (ANI): It was a disappointing day for Indian shuttlers as Malvika Bansod lost in women's singles while the mixed doubles pair of B.Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also faced ouster in the second round of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 on Thursday here at Palma Stadium.

Suncheon [South Korea], April 5 (ANI): Malvika Bansod won a nail-biting three-game first-round match against China's Hue Yan which lasted for 56 minutes here at Palma Stadium.

Rohtak (Haryana) [India], February 3 (ANI): Indian Shuttler Unnati Hooda, who defeated many senior players in the Odisha Open, 2022, said that she played with a free mind against them and eventually won.

Cuttack (Odisha) [India], January 30 (ANI): India's Unnati Hooda defeated compatriot Smit Toshniwal in the title clash of the women's singles here at the Odisha Open 2022 in Cuttack on Sunday.

Cuttack Jan 30 PTI Teenager Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the womens singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in mens singles final of the USD 75000 Odisha Open badminton tournament here on Sunday The 21-year-old George prevailed over Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15 14-21 21-18 to clinch the mens singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes Before that the 14-year-old Unnati produced an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event Unnati won 21-18 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time In the mixed doubles final Indias MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly suffered a 16-21 20-22 defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan duo Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendadahewa in a match that lasted 36 minutes Unnati who entered the final after she surprised Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod 24-22 24-22 in the last-four clash on Saturday took 35 minutes to get the better of Toshniwal in the summit showdown of the womens singles at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Statdium Toshniwal too pulled off an upset knocking out Ashmita Chaliha seeded five 21-19 10-21 21-17 to set up the title clash with the 14-year-old Unnati Unnati claimed the the first game after making a comeback and riding on the momentum she won the second game without much difficulty as Toshniwal had no answer to her opponents aggressive approach George won the opening game quite comfortably and was leading 5-3 in the initial phase of the second game but Rajawat fought back brilliantly to take the match into the decider The battle was intense in the third and final game with Rajawat trying his best to not allow George have his way However the 19-year-old Rajawat fell short in the end as George kept his composure to win it and have the last laugh George had defeated Ansal Yadav 19-21 21-12 21-14 while 19-year-old Rajawat scored a 21-17 21-14 win over Kausal D in the mens singles semifinals On his way to the final George also stunned third seed and the higher ranked Subhankar Dey in the quarterfinals PTI AH KHS KHS KHS