Cuttack Jan 29 PTI Teenager Unnati Hooda produced a stunning performance to take down in-form shuttler Malvika Bansod in straight games and cruise to the womens singles final of the Odisha Open here on Saturday The 14-year-old Unnati fought hard to grab a 24-22 24-22 victory over favourite Malvika in a nail-biting 50-minute semifinal clash at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium Malvika has been in good nick recently having defeated her idol Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month before losing to PV Sindhu in the final of the Syed Modi International last week She had also defeated junior world No 1 Tasnim Mir in the pre-quarterfinals here The win against Malvika would be a huge confidence booster for Unnati who is ranked 418th in the world In the other womens singles semifinal world No 163 Smit Toshniwal upset fifth seed and higher-ranked Ashmita Chaliha 21-19 10-21 21-17 in one hour one minute to set up a summit clash with Unnati The mixed doubles duo of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly also advanced to the final with an easy 21-9 21-9 win over compatriots Balkeshari Yadav and Swetaparna Panda With the win Arjun and Jolly set up a summit clash with the Sri Lankan pair of Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendahwa who dispatched Indians Mauryan Kathiravan and Kuhan Balashri 21-8 21-17 in little less than half an hour PTI APA AH
Cuttack Jan 27 PTI Continuing her good run of form young Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod got the better of compatriot and junior world No 1 Tasnim Mir in straight games to advance to the quarterfinals of the Odisha Open here on Thursday Bansod took just over half an hour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13 21-15 in the womens singles pre-quarterfinals of the BWF Super 100 tournament The 20-year-old Bansod who had lost to PV Sindhu in the final of the Syed Modi International last week before defeating her idol Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month will take on the winner of the second clash between Tanya Hemanth and Vijetha Harish Fifth seed Ashmita Chaliha also booked a quarterfinal spot as she got the better of compatriot Anupama Upadhyay 21-17 21-16 She will now take on Rucha Sawant who defeated Nikki Rapria to reach the final eight In mens singles third seed Subhankar Dey who had stunned sixth seed Xiaodong Sheng of Canada on Wednesday notched a 21-16 21-14 victory over fellow Indian Rahul Yadav Chittaboina in 33 minutes Kiran George also moved to the mens singles quarterfinal with an easy 21-12 21-13 win over compatriot Chirag Sen in another second round match In the mixed doubles event the India pairing of Dhruv Rawat and Shikha Gautam lost 11-21 14-21 to the Sri Lankan duo of Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendahewa in the second round while Ayush Makhija and Deeksha Choudhar handed Chirag Arora and Nish Rapria a 21-5 21-16 loss to move to the quarterfinals PTI APA PM PM
New Delhi Jan 25 PTI The mens singles finalists at the Syed Modi International badminton event will share the prize money after the title clash was declared a no match with one of the players testing positive for COVID-19 The two mens singles finalists at the Syed Modi India International 2022 will receive finalist World Ranking points and an equal share of the prize money The mens singles final was declared No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 and the other finalist was deemed a close contact said BWF in a statement on Tuesday The all-French final between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was scheduled on Sunday Indian star P V Sindhu had won the womens singles title beating compatriot Malvika Bansod PTI BS AH AH
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): India shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday won the women's singles title at the Syed Modi International tournament.
Lucknow Jan 22 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu reached the womens singles final of the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after her fifth seeded Russian opponent Evgeniya Kosetskaya retired hurt midway into their semifinal here on Saturday Sindhu the top seed easily pocketed the first game 21-11 before Kosetskaya conceded the second womens singles semifinal match Former world champion Sindhu will face compatriot Malvika Bansod in the summit clash on Sunday Malvika defeated another Indian Anupama Upadhyaya 19-21 21-19 21-7 in a tough three-game contest It was expected to be an easy outing for Sindhu going by form world ranking as well as head-to-head record Ranked seventh in the BWF rankings Sindhu had defeated world number 28 Kosetskaya twice before Saturdays tie and the Indian ace once again came out on top to extend her dominant record against the Russian However it was curtains for India in men singles as Mithun Manjunath fought his heart out before bowing out 19-21 21-17 9-21 against Arnaud Merkle of France in the semifinals In the womens doubles the seventh seeded Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the final with a come-from-behind 17-21 21-8 21-16 win over Malaysian duo of Low Yeen Yuan and Valeree Siow The Indian pair will be up against eight seeded Malaysian combination of Anna Ching Yik Cheong and Teoh Mei Xing in the final It will be an all-Indian contest in the mixed doubles final with the pairs of seventh seed Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto squaring off against T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada In the mens doubles sixth seed Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala will be up against Malaysias eighth seeds Wei Chong Kai Wun Tee in the summit clash PTI SSC SSC AH AH
Lucknow Jan 21 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailands Supanida Katething to enter the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament here on Friday The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival seeded sixth in the tournament 11-21 21-12 21-17 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and five minutes Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semifinals The other womens semifinal will be an all-Indian affair between Malvika Bansod and Anupama Upadhyaya both of whom winning their respective quarterfinal matches Bansod beat compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-11 21-11 while Upadhyaya got the better of another Indian Samiya Imad Farooqui 24-22 23-21 In the mens singles however HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarterfinals The fifth-seeded Indian a former top 10 player lost 19-21 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarterfinal match Mithun Manjunath however advanced to the semifinals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21 21-12 21-18 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and one minute Manjunath will face Merkle in the semifinals In the mens doubles sixth-seeded Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala defeated the duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek 21-17 21-18 in an all-India quarterfinal match They will face another Indian pair of Prem Singh Chouhan and Rajesh Verma in the semifinals In the other mens doubles quarterfinal match fourth seeded Indians MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila defeated the French pair of Fabien Delrue and William Villeger 21-16 19-21 21-19 They face Malaysias Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee in the semifinals In the womens doubles quarterfinals Indias Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenahalli and Apeksha Nayak conceded a walkover to eight seeded Malaysian pair of Anna Ching Yik Cheong and Teoh Mei Xing who will face another Indian pair of Haritha M Harinarayanan and Ashna Roy in the semifinals Seventh seeded Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Pullela Gopichand upset second seeded Russia duo of Anastasiia Akchurina and Olga Morozova 24-22 21-10 in another womens doubles quarterfinal match The India pair will face Malaysias Low Yeen Yuan and Valeree Siow in the semifinals In the mixed doubles event the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22 21-17 in the quarterfinal match that lasted 42 minutes Arjun and Jolly will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semifinals The Bhatnagar-Crasto pair beat another Indian duo of Ashith Surya and Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar 21-13 21-19 in the quarterfinals The other mixed doubles semifinals will also be an all-Indian affair between the pairs of Akshan Shetty and Simran Singh and T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Guruzada PTI PDS APA BS PDS BS BS
Lucknow Jan 21 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailands Supanida Katething to enter the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament here on Friday The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival seeded sixth in the tournament 11-21 21-12 21-17 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and five minutes Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semifinals In the mens singles however HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarterfinals The fifth-seeded Indian a former top 10 player lost 19-21 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarterfinal match Mithun Manjunath however advanced to the semifinals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21 21-12 21-18 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and one minute Manjunath will face Merkle in the semifinals In the mixed doubles event the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22 21-17 in the quarterfinal match that lasted 42 minutes Arjun and Jolly will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semifinals In the womens doubles quarterfinals Indias Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenahalli and Apeksha Nayak conceded a walkover to eight seeded Malaysian pair of Anna Ching Yik Cheong and Teoh Mei Xing PTI PDS APA PDS BS BS
Lucknow Jan 21 PTI Indias HS Prannoy crashed out of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the mens singles quarterfinals here on Friday The fifth-seeded Indian a former top 10 player lost 19-21 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarterfinal match Mithun Manjunath however advanced to the semifinals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21 21-12 21-18 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and one minute Manjunath will face Merkle in the semifinals In the mixed doubles event the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22 21-17 in the quarterfinal match that lasted 42 minutes Arjun and Jolly will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semifinals In the womens doubles quarterfinals Indias Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenahalli and Apeksha Nayak conceded a walkover to eight seeded Malaysian pair of Anna Ching Yik Cheong and Teoh Mei Xing PTI PDS PDS APA APA APA
Lucknow Jan 20 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu stormed into the womens singles quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after registering a straight-game win over American Lauren Lam here on Thursday Top seed Sindhu took just 33 minutes to get the better of her American rival 21-16 21-13 in her second-round match Sindhu will take on sixth-seeded Thai shuttler Supanida Katethong in the last-eight stage Sindhu had earlier defeated compatriot Tanya hemanth 21-9 21-9 in her campaign-opener In another womens singles second round match Indias Samiya Imad Farooqui entered the quarterfinals after beating compatriot Kanika Kanwal 21-6 21-15 Anupama Upadhyaya beat Smit Toshniwal 21-12 21-19 to set up a clash against Farooqui PTI SSC PM PM
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