Beijing: Standing at 183 cm, the former World No. 4 women’s singles player of China – Sun Yu, has decided to hang up her racquet. Continue reading Sun Yu announces retirement from badminton at just 25
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P.V. Sindhu beats Carolina Marin to reach Dubai World Superseries Finals semis
Dubai: A large crowd turned up on Friday to give their support to India’s P.V. Sindhu as they witnessed the rematch of Rio Olympics women’s singles final between Sindhu and Carolina Marin of Spain at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai on Friday.
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P.V Sindhu clinches China Open as China fail to capture any title
Fuzhou: For the first time in China Open’s 30-years history, Chinese shuttlers had failed to capture a single title at the China Open finals that concluded on Sunday.
P. V Sindhu who became star athlete of India after being the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal, was crowned at the women’s singles final after she fought back from dropping a set to beat local shuttler Sun Yu 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in 69 minutes to win her first ever career Superseries title.
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Carolina Marin pulls off great escape to reach Denmark Open semis
Odense: Women’s singles World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain had to dig deep to progress to the semi-finals of the Denmark Open on Friday eventually beating Sun Yu of China 21-19, 16-21, 27-25 in their quarter-final clash.
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Korea Open: Kidambi Srikanth, Sun Yu suffer 1st-round defeats
Seoul: No. 8 seeds in both men’s and women’s singles event of the Korea Open Super Series have fallen in their respective opening matches held at Seong-nam Indoor Stadium in Seoul on Wednesday.
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Japan Open: Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla R. Juhl take revenge on Ayaka Takahashi/Misaki Matsutomo
Tokyo: In a rematch of last month’s Olympic final, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark came through grueling 3-set thriller, toppling Rio Games gold medalists Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo 19-21, 21-18, 21-12 to win the Japan Open women’s doubles title on Sunday.
Ayaka Takahashi/Misaki Matsutomo vs Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Juhl at Japan Open final
Tokyo: Rio 2016 gold medalists Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo of Japan will set up a rematch of last month’s women’s doubles Olympic gold medal match against Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark at the Japan Open final on Sunday.
Saina Nehwal beats Sun Yu to win Australian Open
Sydney: India’s badminton star Saina Nehwal shrugged off dropping the first set against World No. 12 Sun Yu of China on Sunday before hitting back to win 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 to claim her second Australian Open title in Sydney.
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Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Saina Nehwal in Australian Open final
Sydney: Hans-Kristian Vittinghus who kept his cool to clinch the winning point for Denmark in the Thomas Cup final in Kunshan, China last month, came through a tough men’s singles semi-final to beat India’s Srikanth Kidambi 22-20, 21-13 at the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on Saturday.
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China in unstoppable form to beat Spain 5-0 at Uber Cup
Kunshan: It’s another easy 5-0 sweep for China in their third game at the Thomas and Uber Cup in Kunshan on Tuesday, this time against Spain.
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