New Delhi Apr 22 PTI In a bid to strengthen Asian Games and Commonwealth Games preparations the Target Olympic Podium Scheme has approved financial assistance of Rs 7 lakh per month to re-hire Mathias Boe as the doubles badminton coach of India He will specifically be looking after the mens doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and also other members of the doubles team Boes hiring has been done until Asian Games 2022 In a Mission Olympic Cell meeting on Thursday proposals from the Badminton Association of India BAI to assist in the participation of shuttlers at the Asian Championships in Philippines scheduled to start April 26 were also approved The support has been extended to womens singles player Aakarshi Kashyap womens doubles pair Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam mixed doubles pairing of Tanisha Crasto and Ishaan Bhatnagar mens doubles pair Vishnuvardhan Goud P and Krishna Prasad as well as Arjun M R and Dhruv Kapila Currently ranked 52 in the world Aakarshi has been included in the CWG and the Asian Games squad Looking forward to the tournament in Philippines scheduled for next week Aakarshi said I am very thankful to TOPS because they accepted my request for assistance at the last minute I have a tough draw there as Im playing Akane Yamaguchi in the first round Ill try my best but the more matches I play the more exposure I get and it all helps for the bigger cause Revealing her ambitions for the upcoming tournaments the BA 3rd year student added I feel proud to have played many tournaments in the international circuit and I have the much-needed exposure I really feel I can get a medal for India from the CWG and Im also looking forward to giving my best at the Asian Games The Target Olympic Podium Scheme meanwhile also accepted the request from Olympics double medallist PV Sindhu to provide assistance to Vidhi Chaudhary who will accompany the player at the Asian Championship in Philippines in the place of existing coach Park Tae Sang The Korean coach is currently on annual leave till May Chaudhary is a NIS qualified coach who is training Sindhu at the Suchitra Academy Hyderabad PTI AH AH APA APA
New Delhi Apr 18 PTI Former world No 11 Sameer Verma pulled out following a back injury as Kiran George and Priyanshu Rajawat remained in contention for the pole position in mens singles on day 4 of BAIs selection trials here on MondayIn womens singles Aakarshi Kashyap and Ashmita Chaliha took the lead in the fight for 1 to 4 position after claiming easy wins over their respective opponents at the K D Jadhav Hall inside Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex The national trials are being conducted to pick the team for the upcoming Thomas Uber Cup May 8-15 Bangkok Commonwealth Games July 28-August 8 Birmingham and Asian Games Hangzhou September 10-25While Odisha Open champion George defeated Ravi 21-9 21-15 Priyanshu got a walkover from Sameer whose decision to withdraw has made it a three-way battle for 1 to 4 positionWhile Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth have already booked their tickets due to their top 15 world ranking one position is still up for grabs for the Thomas Cup and Asian GamesFor Aakarshi it was an easy outing as she beat Aditi Bhatt 21-15 21-13 while Ashmita prevailed 21-13 21-16 over Unnati HoodaThe winner of the trials in the womens singles will be selected as the second player for the CWG team while three positions are available for the Uber Cup and Asian Games teamsIn womens doubles Commonwealth Games bronze medallists N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa and All England Championships semi-finalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand topped their respective womens doubles groups to stay in contention for the top rankingSikki and Ashwini beat Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker 21-15 21-15 to notch up their third win in Stage 2A while Treesa and Gayatri survived a scare against Mehreen Riza and Shailja Shukla 16-21 21-18 26-24 to complete a hat-trick of victories in Stage 2BTanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra finished second in Stage 2B while Simran and Ritika secured the second spot in Stage 2A The duo along with the winners of the two groups will now play for positions 1 to 4The winner of the womens doubles will be selected for the Commonwealth Games while three positions will be up for grabs for the Asian Games and Uber CupWith Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty already selected owing to their world number 7 ranking only one position will be filled up from the trials for CWG teamHowever two mens pairs will be picked for Asian Games and Thomas CupMR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila and Ishaan Bhatnagar and K Sai Pratheek are the two mens doubles pairs who topped their respective Stage 2A and Stage 2B groupsManu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy and Krishna Prasad G and Vishnuvardhan Goud P finished second best in their group and the two pairs along with the toppers will compete for 1 to 4 positions nextAshwini and Sikki also emerged as winners of stage 2A and stage 2B in mixed doubles with their partners Sumeeth and Sai Pratheek respectivelyIshaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto and Pratik Ranade and Akshaya Warang are the two pairs which finished second in stage 2A and Stage 2B respectively to stay in contention for positions 1 to 4The winner of the mixed doubles will be selected for the third position in CWG PTI ATK KHS KHS
Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second womens singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 in a lop-sided title clash The final lasted just 35 minutes It was former world champion Sindhus second Syed Modi title after having annexed the BWF World Tour Super 300 event in 2017 Before that seventh seeded Indians Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto clinched the mixed doubles title with a straight game win over compatriots T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada Bhatnagar and Crasto inflicted a 21-16 21-12 on the unseeded Indian duo in the summit clash that ended in 29 minutes Earlier the mens singles final between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was declared a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 PTI SSC SSC AH AH
Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Seventh seed Indians Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto clinched the mixed doubles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament with a straight game win over compatriots T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada here on Sunday Bhatnagar and Crasto hardly broke a sweat as they inflicted a 21-16 21-12 on the unseeded Indian duo in the summit clash that lasted just 29 minutes Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is now up against compatriot Malvika Bansod the in the womens singles final of the BWF World our Super 300 event Earlier the mens singles summit clash between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was declared a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 PTI SSC SSC APA APA
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Indian duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto on Sunday clinched the mixed double's title of the ongoing Syed Modi International 2022 here in Lucknow.
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