India's women shuttlers assured themselves of a maiden Badminton Asia Team Championships medal by cruising to a 3-0 win over Hong Kong in the quarter-finals.
Team India will compete in 15 sporting disciplines as well as four disciplines in the para sports category.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, October 4.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, October 4.
Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the second round in the Korea Open Super 500 tournament.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen notched up straight game wins to progress to the women's and men's singles quarterfinals of the US Open.
Indian women beat Thailand 3-2 in final, clinch historic gold in Badminton Asia Team Championships
Two-time Olympic medallist and fourth seed PV Sindhu made a positive start to her title defence on Wednesday, beating Jenjira Stadelmann of Switzerland 21-9, 21-16 in a lopsided opening round women's singles match.
Lakshya Sen, returning from a break, suffered a first round exit, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the pre-quarters of the Asia Badminton Championship.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
Lakshya Sen stormed into the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters 2022
The double Olympic medallist is looking forward to better results following her first round exit from the Malaysian Open.
India's badminton ace, pulled out her A-game while interacting with fans on an Instagram Live event on National Sports Day.
It is Sindhu's first final since winning the gold and the Commonwealth Games last year.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, on the other hand, moved one place to 31st.
Lakshya Sen's woeful run continued as he made a first round exit
PV Sindhu eked out a three-game win over world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan
Sindhu, seeded third, was not at her usual best and trailed her Japanese opponent from the start in both the games.
'Always special to win in Singapore. Time for a much needed breather before the big one in Birmingham. Love and light.'
Also seen interacting with Prime Minister Modi was Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra over a bowl of choorma.
Sindhu reminisces about life-changing past seven years, her maiden Olympic medal ahead of WC
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight game wins
Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted
However, a tough contest awaits the former world No. 1 as he faces top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan next.
Rankireddy and Shetty, who had arrived in Madrid after winning the Swiss Open Super 300 last week, retired from their first-round match
Sindhu is the only Indian to feature in the women's singles competition.
Nozomi Okuhara's harrowing experience after her touchdown in India was 'unfortunate and won't happen in future'
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, who hasn't played any tournament since the Birmingham Games due to an ankle injury, is now world number five after moving up a spot.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will be seen on the hot seat of popular game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (KBC).
India's campaign at the Sudirman Cup came to an end as they went down to Malaysia in the second Group C match.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded P V Sindhu as 'champion of champions' after she won the gold medal in the women's badminton singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.
The 21-year-old Sen, who won a bronze in the 2021 World Championships, has been in brilliant form, starting the year with a gold medal at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open before finishing runner-up, at the prestigious All England Open Championships and also at the German Open.
'Until April 2024, we have the qualification period so until that we might push for more tournaments but the plan is to pick and choose after you qualify and then gradually peaking before the Olympics.'
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday congratulated the Indian badminton mixed team for clinching silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Sindhu beat the Thai 21-23, 21-13, 21-18 after a tough contest.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead the women's challenge in both the Commonwealth and Asian Games while London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal did not expectedly feature in the squads.
The Indian duo outclassed the Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede in the quarter-finals.
A former world champion, Sindhu is one of the favourites to win the women's singles gold medal in Birmingham, having won the silver and bronze in the last two editions at Gold Coast and Glasgow.
Congratulatory messages pour in for badminton superstar PV Sindhu on winning her second Olympic medal on Sunday.
Though Sindhu decided against travelling to Denmark, she plans to participate in the Asia Open-I and Asia Open-II scheduled to be held in November.
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