Badminton

The 29-year-old Sindhu went down 13-21, 21-16, 9-21 in a nearly hour-long clash.

Both players found the going tough in the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland, last week where former world champion Sindhu suffered a first-round exit, while 2021 world bronze winner Sen bowed out in the second round.

The 23-year-old southpaw held her nerve and demonstrated her resilience in a hard-fought match to get the batter of her Chinese opponent 21-19, 24-22 in 57 minutes.

Yash Suryavanshi defeated Suveer Pradhan 21-19, 21-17 in the match-deciding fifth tie of the singles to help Thane snatch a 3-2 win in the men's section. However, the women’s final was a one-sided contest as Pune defeated Thane 2-0.

Malvika Bansod, a B. Tech graduate in computer science from SRM University in Chennai, will next take on Scotland's Kristy Gilmour, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist.

Following his historic win in Paris, Nitesh Kumar hailed Kohli as “his hero”, who made him understand the importance of fitness to compete at the highest level

Lakshya Sen became the first Indian shuttler in history to reach the semifinal of the men's singles badminton competition at the Paris Olympics this year.

Since the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Sindhu won the Singapore Open Super 500 title and Commonwealth Games gold in 2022, but a left ankle injury she suffered in Birmingham took six months to heal.

One of India’s finest and most accomplished badminton players, Sindhu has registered several records in her illustrious career.

PV Sindhu will be hoping that her new partnership with Indonesian coach Agus Santoso will help her get back to her very best ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated world no. 6 Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong 18-21, 21-19, 24-22 to enter their first-ever semifinal at a BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

In the absence of all the experienced campaigners, yet making it to the last eight stage with two convincing wins over Canada and Singapore is a huge shot in the arm for this young girls contingent.

Prannoy prevailed 17-21 23-21 23-21 over China's Lu Guang Zu to set up a second-round clash with Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi. While Sindhu got the beating of Goh Jin Wei from Malaysia 18-21 21-14 21-19.

The fact that it is the last major event to award Olympic qualification ranking points adds another layer to the competition, which will see some high-octane battles between the top shuttlers this week.

Yamaguchi will take on Carolina Marin in the final after the Spanish fifth seed beat Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying 21-13, 21-12.

The South Korean won her 21st BWF World Tour crown and second of the year with an 18-21, 21-13, 21-10 defeat of Japanese rival Akane Yamaguchi on Sunday in the French capital.