On the other hand, ace shuttler Prannoy HS also jumped a spot to become world number 12 in the rankings

Lakshya was tested in the first game but was dominant in the second to register a 21-17, 21-10 win over Luis Penalver.

Talking about the match, in the second tie of the group, Srikanth Kidambi gave a dominating performance in the second tie of the group match outclassing his opponent 21-7, 21-12.

Bangkok [Thailand], May 11 (ANI): After registering two back-to-back wins, Team India crashed 5-0 against South Korea in their final group clash of the ongoing Uber Cup 2022 in Bangkok, on Wednesday.

Basel [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday stormed into the second round of the Swiss Open here at St. Jakobshalle, Basel.

Birmingham [UK], March 20 (ANI): Women's doubles pair of P Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly crashed out of the ongoing All England Open Championship, after losing in the semi-final clash on Saturday, here at Utilita Arena, Birmingham.

Mulheim (Germany), March 10: Ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu crashed out of the 2022 German Open Super 300 badminton tournament, losing to China’s Zhang Yi Man in the second round, here on Thursday. Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu lost to the 2021 World Championship bronze medallist Zhang Yi Man 14-21, 21-15, 14-21 in a match that lasted […]

Cuttack (Odisha) [India], January 30 (ANI): India's Kiran George on Sunday won the men's singles title in the Odisha Open Super 100 badminton tournament in Cuttack.

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 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Sanyogita Ghorpade and Shruti Mishra 21-12 21-10 to claim the womens doubles title after a 28-minute contest In the mixed doubles final Indias MR Arjun and 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 AH KHS KHS

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.