Still grappling with a knee injury, Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning shuttler P Kashyap's chances of qualifying for the Olympics have all but ended as he has been forced to withdraw from this month's Malaysia Super Series Premier and Singapore Open.
The 28-year-old from Hyderabad, a winner of the Indonesia Masters, semi-finalist at Malaysia Masters and quarter-finalist at the All England Championship, saw US$36,825 added to her career earnings.
Ace Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap suffered a major blow to his Olympic qualification hopes when he retired hurt midway through the German Open pre-quarterfinals at Mulheim an der Ruhr on Thursday.
This year's All-England Championships is likely to mark the final appearance of five-time champion Lin Dan at the sport's oldest event, as the garlanded Chinese player bids for a berth at the Rio Olympics before a possible retirement.
Sindhu went down 15-21, 16-21 to the fourth seed
Women's world number one Wang Yihan suffered a stunning loss on Sunday in the final of the All England badminton championships, beaten 21-13, 21-19 by seventh-seeded Chinese compatriot Li Xuerui.
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich's return to competitive action 12 years after his retirement lasted only 62 minutes on Tuesday, losing his doubles first round at the German Open.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
Former national champion and 2014 German Open winner, Arvind Bhat has retired from international badminton, citing his desire to concentrate on coaching stints with an academy in Hyderabad.
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich will return to the tour a decade after retiring to play doubles at the German Open in Hamburg next week, the 40-year-old said on Friday. The Hamburg native, who reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 2, will join up with 21-year-old German Mischa Zverev.
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich will return to the tour a decade after retiring to play doubles at the German Open in Hamburg next week, the 40-year-old said on Friday. The Hamburg native, who reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 2, will join up with 21-year-old German Mischa Zverev.
Star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth was disappointed after being called for a series of what he termed "ridiculous" service faults during his pre-quarterfinal match against China's Huang Yuxiang at the All England Championship.
Defending champion Ajay Jayaram and Commonwealth bronze-medallist RMV Gurusaidutt reached the men's singles quarterfinals of the $ 50,000 Dutch Open Grand Prix, in Almere.
Belgian newspaper De Standaard reported that Justine Henin would announce retirement on Wednesday afternoon.
German wild card Daniel Brands stunned top seed Gilles Simon of France, beating the world number seven 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the German Open in Hamburg on Tuesday.
Australian Open winner Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's German Open in Berlin, the organisers said on Wednesday.
World number two Ana Ivanovic suffered a surprise 6-2, 7-5 defeat by Elena Dementieva in the semi-finals of the German Open.
Roger Federer suffered a shocking straight-set defeat against Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis in the semi-finals of the German Open in Hamburg.
Dinara Safina won a great scrap with fifth seed Serena Williams 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 to reach the German Open semi-finals.
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic came through a tough first set to beat Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 7-6, 6-2 and reach the third round of the German Open on Wednesday.
The Russian top seed lost 2-6,4-6 to Justine Henin-Hardenne in the German Open quarter-finals.
Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered a surprise loss to unseeded Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko at the German Open on Friday, as world number one Justine Henin moved smoothly into the quarter-finals.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo suffered her second successive early exit when she lost 7-5 6-7 7-6 to Australia's Samantha Stosur in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday.
Ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova avoided a second successive first-round exit when she came from behind to beat Aravane Rezai of France 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the Italian Open on Monday.
She set up a showdown against Serbian 12th seed Ana Ivanovic later in the day.
World number one Justine Henin of Belgium fought back from the brink of defeat to reach the semi-finals of the German Open today, beating fifth-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic.
The Bangalore lad shocked world No 12 Shoji Sato of Japan in a quarter-final match at the Yonex-Sunrise Asian Badminton Championship.
The Indian ace was beaten by Lin Dan of China in the semi-finals of the Yonex Open badminton tournament.
Defending champion Nadia Petrova was also shown the door in the quarter-finals of the German Open.
If the Indian ace's recovery doesn't go as planned then her comeback may be delayed until the Morocco WTA event starting May 14.
World number one Amelie Mauresmo won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semi-finals of the German Open.
Factbox on Fiji's Vijay Singh, who ended the 2004 U.S. PGA Tour season with record earnings of $10,905,166.\n
As his stunned rivals licked their wounds, Schumacher warned that Ferrari would not have it that easy at the next race in Malaysia on March 21.
Enduring the worst injury phase of his career, Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap says he had doubts if he would be able to play again after dislocating his right shoulder at the Premier Badminton League in January.
Clijsters was forced to retire from her third-round match against Patty Schnyder after sliding awkwardly into the net
The former world number one got past tough Czech and Russian opponents in the first and second rounds of the German Open claycourt tournament.
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