P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy sailed into the quarter-finals of the women's and men's singles badminton event with easy victories at the Asian Games.
The Indian badminton team returned empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time in over a decade.
The unseeded Indian duo had to toil hard for 58 minutes to win its round of 16 clash
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarter-finals but veterans Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan crashed out.
Satwik-Chirag dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites a
The top-seeded Indian pair lost in straight games against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia in Birmingham on Thursday.
PV Sindhu on Sunday said she is "definitely" going to play for the next couple of years even as the 2028 Los Angeles Games remains at the back of her mind.
A brisk start marked Turn 1 as the Indian attackers took charge of the proceedings. Three batches in the Nepal women were out by simple touches on 7 occasions, putting 14 points to India's kitty.
The other men's singles semi-final match on Saturday will be played between Priyanshu Rajawat and Kaushal Dharmamer.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Thursday, September 28.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the eighth day of the Asian Games on Sunday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, October 4.
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed India's first ever medal in men's doubles after settling for a silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition, in Gold Coast, on Sunday.
It was a mixed day for India in the All England Championship as Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichanda clinched a stunning win, while Lakshya Sen crashed out.
World champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn crashed out of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament
Rio Olympics quarterfinalist K Srikanth emerged as the lone survivor at the Japan Open after he reached the last eight stage of the men's singles competition at the Super Series event in Tokyo on Thursday. However, it wasn't the sort of victory that Srikanth would have ever wished for as his match against compatriot Ajay Jayaram was stopped midway after the 28-year-old Mumbai-based shuttler injured his left ankle.
Unnati won 21-18, 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time.
Sourabh will next face Korea's Heo Kwang Hee for a place in the men's singles final.
Following is India's schedule on Day 7 of the Paris Olympics on Friday: (All timings in IST)
Lakshya Sen upset World No 4 Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the round of 32 match at the Malaysia Masters.
'To win a medal, the players will have to play a couple of tough rounds. The draws are fine, and balanced and give us the opportunity to go deep.'
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Sunday, September 1.
Sindhu expectedly faced no resistance from Uganda's Husina Kobugabe, winning 21-10, 21-9 in her pre-quarterfinal match.
The Indian will have yet another uphill task at hand when he takes on Axelsen, the baby-faced badminton giant, who has terrorised his opponents in the last few years.
Sindhu saw off Sim 21-13, 12-21, 21-14 in a 59-minute women's singles second-round match to register her third win over the Korean world number 34.
Lakshya Sen sails into third round of World Championships
P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarter-finals at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament
'We haven't finished the tournament and we want to go all the way'
Sindhu was made to toil hard by China's He Bing Jiao
How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.
Nick Kyrgios is providing commentary by the court for ESPN and trading barbs with critics on social media. The Australian has not been shy to express an opinion.
This is the third time this year that Sindhu has been knocked out in the first round of the tournaments she's played.
Harshit Aggarwal defeated Mongolia's Batdavaa Munkhbat 21-15, 21-13 to be pitted against Japan's third seed Kodai Naraoka in the third round.
The 26-year-old is now the lone Indian survivor in the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament.
It was billed as the battle of the 20-year-olds but Carlos Alcaraz pulled rank on his childhood buddy Holger Rune to enter the Wimbledon semifinals.
TT ace Sharath Kamal eyes administrative role while charting 'roadmap' ahead
India were, on Friday, assured of three medals in squash competition of the 18th Asian Games with Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik advancing to the semifinals of their respective singles events in Jakarta.
Returning to action after a break, India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu on Friday bowed out of the Denmark open badminton tournament after losing in straight games to world no 8 Korean An Seyoung in the women's singles quarterfinals in Odense.
The defeat will rankle the Indian pair all the more as Bopanna is a top-10 player in doubles while Bhambri too is ranked among the top-100. The Uzbekis are not even in the top-300.
