Sai Praneeth after consistently beating some of the big names in the game since 2017, he topped it off by winning the Singapore Super Series crown in 2017 and a World Championship bronze medal in 2019.

At the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (PDDU) Indoor Stadium, B Sai Praneeth of Telangana defeated Mithun Manjunath of Karnataka 21-11, 12-21, 21-16 in 63 minutes, and Aakarshi Kashyap of Chattisgarh defeated Malvika Bansod of Maharashtra 21-8, 22-20 in 45 minutes.

In the Men's semifinals, played at the PDDU Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday, Sai Praneeth downed M Raghu of Karnataka 21-12, 21-19 while Mithun was clearly the dominant player in his 21-9, 21-11 victory over Gujarat's Aryamann Tandon

Later, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Prannoy HS, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will be in action

In the Round of 16 match, Sindhu defeated China's Zhang Yiman 21-12, 21-10, in a game that lasted 28 minutes, here at Court 3.

Playing at Court 3, Praneeth defeated Cordon 21-8, 21-9, in a match that lasted for 26 minutes. The Indian shuttler dominated the proceedings in both the games and stormed into the second round.

Orleans [France], April 4 (ANI): Indian shuttler Mithun Manjunath had to settle for a silver medal after losing to Toma Junior Popov in the final of the men's singles event at Orleans Masters 2022 in France on Sunday.

Basel [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Indian shuttler Prannoy HS on Wednesday stormed into the next round of the ongoing Swiss Open 2022, here at St. Jakobshalle, Basel.

New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): India shuttlers B. Sai Praneeth and Dhruv Rawat have pulled out of the upcoming India Open after testing COVID-19 positive, the Badminton Association of India confirmed on Sunday.

New Delhi Dec 23 PTI PV Sindhus legend grew with a second Olympic medal Kidambi Srikanth regained his touch with a historic World championship silver and Lakshya Sen continued to dazzle but the listless performance in team events was a significant low for Indian badminton in a topsy-turvy year The COVID-19 pandemic expectedly disrupted the international calender with many events either cancelled or rescheduled but Indian shuttlers grabbed the opportunities even though a title win eluded them If Rio Olympics silver-medallist Sindhu led from the front with a bronze medal at Tokyo and a silver at the season-ending World Tour Final Srikanth and Lakshya dished out a year-end special scooping a silver and bronze respectively at the World Championships It was a moment to rejoice as for the first time two Indian men returned with medals from one edition of the World Championships a feat that was earlier achieved by Sindhu and Saina Nehwal in womens singles at the 2017 Glasgow event However neither Sindhu nor Srikanth or Lakshya who had reached the finals at Dutch Open could go the full distance as Indias title draught continued The fact that BWF decided to squeeze nine tournaments into 12 weeks after the resumption of the international circuit also didnt help things as many players were left injured Sindhu the 2019 World champion was subdued at the Thailand leg at the beginning of the year but she soon reached the final at Swiss Open in March before coronavirus forced the suspension of three Olympic qualifiers Already assured of a place at the Tokyo Games Sindhu then sealed her place among the greatest when she added a bronze to the Rio silver medal at the biggest multi-sport extravaganza She then took a two-month break and hit a consistent run after her return registering three semifinal finishes at French Open Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open Sindhu then sizzled at the season-ending World Tour Finals which ended with a silver medal The final finish raised hopes of a successful defence of her world championship gold but it was not to be as Sindhu returned empty handed from the prestigious event for the first time since 2017 While Sindhus season ended with a quarterfinal finish in Huelva Srikanth and Lakshya more then made up for the disappointment Since claiming four titles in five finals in 2017 Srikanth had struggled with fitness and form and the lowest point came when he failed to secure the Tokyo berth due to a mix of injuries and cancellation of qualifiers However the 28-year-old from Guntur shook off the disappointment and slowly found his groove with two semifinal finishes at Hylo Open and Indonesia Masters before an explosive performance at the World Championships Srikanth dished out one superlative win after another to enter his first final since the 2019 India Open and in the process became the first man to earn India a silver at the World Championships If Srikanth travelled from despair to ecstacy within a few months the 20-year-old Lakshya charmed with his youthful exuberance as he continued his fine run from 2019 when he had won five titles before COVID-19 somewhat halted his progress The youngster from Almora scripted a final finish at the Dutch Open made it to the semifinals at Hylo and then reached the knockout stage at World Tour Finals on debut Lakshya then sizzled with a bronze at the World Championships thus joining his mentor Prakash Padukone and B Sai Praneeth Struggling with a gastroesophageal reflux disease and then post COVID after-affects HS Prannoy also finished things on a high with a quarterfinal finish in Spain It was also a decent year for mens doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy as they reached the semifinals at Toyota Thailand Open Swiss Open and Indonesia Open before injury to the latter took a toll The duo also won two of the three matches against higher-ranked opponents at Tokyo Olympics but missed out of the quarterfinal after it was decided on the basis of the number of games won and lost Plagued by injuries London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina however endured a tough year as she failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics and also was forced to pull out of the World Championship for the first time in her career The former world no1 returned to the circuit at Uber Cup but it was cut short due to multiple injuries including a groin issue While the singles players did well India cut a sorry figure at team events -- Sudirman Cup and Thomas and Uber Cup Finals With star players missing India made an early exit from the Sudirman Cup after wining just one match out of three The mens team and womens teams produced a slightly better show at Thomas and Uber Cup Final finishing at the quarterfinal stage The only bright spot was that the likes of Aditi Bhatt Malvika Bansod the mens doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun Gayatri Gopichand Rutuporna Panda Tanisha Crasto Tasneem Mir and Theresa Jolly hugely benefitted from the campaign Other upcoming shuttlers such as Aman Farogh Sanjay Revati Devasthale Priyanshu Rajawat also gave hope to Indian badminton by registering international wins in the year goneby PTI ATK PM PM