Fighter's distressing lack of thrills and sizzle reduces the exercise to an excuse for tedious amounts of Pakistan bashing, observes Sukanya Verma.
Sen has a 4-2 head-to-head record against his final opponent Li Shi Feng, the reigning All-England champion. Sen had defeated him recently at the Thailand Open.
Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament due to a back injury that troubled him during his maiden bronze medal-winning run at the recently-concluded Asian Games.
Later in the day, the new women's doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 13-21, 18-21 to Japan's Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the quarter-finals, bringing down the curtain on India's campaign.
In what was India's first-ever appearance in the tournament finale, they defeated the record 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand to lift the Thomas Cup 2022 title.
Satwik-Chirag pair achieves career-best world no. 2 ranking
Kidambi Srikanth created history as he became the first Indian man to enter the World Badminton Championships final after edging compatriot Lakshya Sen in a thrilling semi-final, in Huelva, Spain on Saturday. Srikanth rallied after losing
P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarter-finals at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament
Lakshya Sen said the win against reigning All England Champion Li Shi Feng gives him confidence and belief in the Olympic qualification year.
HS Prannoy, who occupies the 8th spot, is the best ranked Indian in the men's singles while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are placed 19th and 20th respectively.
India's Kiran Geroge moves to quarters, Ashmita bows out of Thailand Open
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday, September 29.
Swiss Open champion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty strengthened their world number six position, while women's doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand was static at the 18th position.
Sindhu had beaten world number 18 Zhang in the Malaysian Open quarter-finals in May this year but the Chinese avenged that defeat and also made the lifetime win-loss record to 3-2 against the Indian.
Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings.
Lakshya Sen sails into third round of World Championships
'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.'
Vietnam Open: Simran-Ritika in quarters.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty achieved a career-best world number three
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen notched up contrasting wins to advance to the semifinals of the Canada Open
Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made impressive starts at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, advancing to the second round of men's and women's singles respectively with contrasting victories in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Satwik and Chirag jumped one spot in the latest BWF rankings to regain the fifth place.
As Kidambi Srikanth lost his second round match, India's campaign ended at the Singapore Open.
Nikhat Zareen secured a Paris Olympics berth and assured herself of a medal as she cantered to the 50kg semi-finals of the Asian Games.
World No 8 Sen zoomed to an early 5-1 lead before dashing to 11-3 at the mid-game break. He kept moving ahead as Prannoy's game crumbled.
Lakshya Sen dished out a badminton masterpiece to notch up his second BWF Super 500 title with a straight-game win over Li Shi Feng of China in the final.
P V Sindhu, H S Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament.
Jacqueline starts the New Year by visiting the Vaishnodevi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.
John Abraham and Rakul Singh starrer Attack Part 1 is ready to release on April 1, the stars of the film are going all out to promote the film.
Defending champion Lakshya Sen looked in fine fettle as he registered a straight-game win over compatriot H S Prannoy to make a winning start to his title defence at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 badminton tournament, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
Namrata Thakker takes a closer look at his well-lived life.
Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
The men's team will next face Hong Kong on Thursday.
'The boys did it. First-ever Thomas Cup for India.'
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu is set to lead India's charge at the upcoming Sudirman Cup.
Bollywood stars made a splash this Holi, celebrating with their adorable kids and sharing pictures on social media.
Disappointed not to get gold but bronze means a lot: Prannoy
A summary of Indian athletes' showing on the concluding day of the Commonwealth Games.
Many believe the Thomas Cup victory can do for badminton what the 1983 World Cup triumph did for cricket in India.
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