The World No 25 pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag put a gallant fight in the second game but couldn't stop the two-time All England Champions from Indonesia, going down 12-21, 24-26 in a 42-minute match.
India's Chetan Anand scored an easy straight-game victory over Andrew Smith of England to cruise into men's singles final of Yonex Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Hyderabad on Saturday. The unseeded Indian did short work of his English opponent 21-16 21-9 in the semi-final to set up a summit clash against Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand on Sunday.
India's Chetan Anand downed Yu Chen of China in straight games to storm into the men's semifinals of the Yonex Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Hyderabad on Friday.
Indian shuttlers Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Siril Verma notched up contrasting victories to reach the semifinals of the women's and men's singles events at the Russian Open Grand Prix, in Vladivostok, on Friday.
P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth continued their impressive run at the Malaysia Open, progressing to the semi-finals of the women's and men's singles competition with a straight-game wins in the US$ 700,000 world tour super 750 tournament, in Kuala Lumpur.
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Denmark's Mathias Boe is extremely annoyed. And in his anger this shuttler from Denmark has vowed to not visit India after appearing in Thomas Cup next year.
India's number one singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran beat Jay Clarke of Great Britain in straight sets to enter the main draw of the Miami Open, on Wednesday.
Awadhe Warriors brother-sister pair of Markis Kido and Pia Bernadeth held their nerves in a close encounter to win the crucial fifth match and the tie 3-2 against Mumbai Masters in the second semi-final to set up the summit clash with Hyderabad Hotshots in the Indian Badminton League on Thursday.
Taufik Hidayat's hopes of retaining his world badminton title evaporated when he lost to China's Chen Hong.
But Chatan Anand crashed out in the first round at the All England badminton championships.
Saina Nehwal was the lone Indian left in the Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament after a hard-fought victory over China's Sun Yu in Sydney on Thursday. The world No 1 overcame a stiff challenge from Yu, ranked No 9, winning 21-19, 19-21, 21-14 in 78 minutes.
But Pullela Gopichand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhat and Abhinn Shyam Gupta were shown.
The 16-year-old Indian ace beat Sachiyo Imai of Japan to make the grade at the Philippines Open badminton championships.
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Both lost in the quarter-finals but not before scaring their opponents.
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The Indian badminton ace is working to a schedule in preparation for the international season ahead.
Manika Batra cruised to the semi-finals of the women's singles even as experienced paddler Mouma Das ended her campaign in the Commonwealth Games table tennis event.
H S Prannoy clinched his second Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament title by notching up a straight game victory over Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the summit clash of the Swiss Open.
Rio Games silver medalist P V Sindhu says her performance at the Olympics has helped her to deal with failures and she realises now that she needs to work harder to win medals at big-ticket events like the World Championship and All England.
Gopichand failed to offer much resistance, losing to seventh seeded Niels Christian Kaldau of Denmark in straight sets, in the second round.
Aparna Popat entered the main draw after beating Commonwealth Games champion Li Li of Singapore.
With a ranking of 129, the Indian ace failed to get a direct entry.
Olympic silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu admitted that there is more responsibility on her shoulders post the Rio Games as everyone now wants her to achieve more laurels for the country. Sindhu, who was here to receive Rs 30 lakhs from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as prize money for winning silver in Rio Olympics, said she is focused on keeping things simple despite the responsibility. "Definitely there is more responsibility and everybody's eyes are on me to achieve more. That is there but I said to myself I should not take too much pressure. My aim is to keep playing well. After the Olympics, I have won a Superseries and I have done well," the lanky Hyderabadi shuttler said.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu lost in straight games to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the summit clash of the $ 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 badminton tournament, in Bangkok, on Sunday.
The former All England badminton champion thrashed compatriot J B S Vidyadhar Rao in the men's singles final.
Both romped into the second round in the US $10,000 Asian Satellite badminton championship.
Arvind Bhatt failed to keep the momentum and lost his second round match at the All England Open badminton championships.
Pullela Gopichand only managed to win five points from the two games.
Pullela Gopichand and Aparna Popat booked a place in the main draw.
The badminton ace would be playing in six international tournaments in the next two months.
The Indian ace was beaten by top seed Peter Gade of Denmark in the second round of the tournament.
JBS Vidyadhar Rao defeated top seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta to set up an All-India title clash with former All England Champion Pullela Gopichand in the USD 10,000 Asian Satellite Badminton championship.
Chetan Anand beat Eric Pang 8-15, 15-6, 15-7 to win the Irish Open Badminton Championship.
Early exits at Japan Open and Denmark Open proved costly for ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal as she lost her World No.1 crown to All England and World champion Carolina Marin of Spain.
Nikhil Kanetkar, Sachin Ratti and Chetan Anand entered the second round in the Asian Satellite Badminton championships.
But former All England champion Pullela Gopichand, Nikhil Kanetkar and Chetan Anand bowed out of the German Open.\n
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