French Open Badminton: PV Sindhu Enters Quarterfinals; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty Win Too
NDTV
French Open Badminton: PV Sindhu cruised into the quarterfinals of the French Open badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Line Christophersen of Denmark. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded fifth, also reached the quarterfinals in the men's doubles event.
India's double Olympic medallist, P V Sindhu, cruised into the quarterfinals of the French Open badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Line Christophersen of Denmark in the women's singles second round here. Sindhu, seeded third, prevailed 21-19, 21-9 over Christophersen, ranked 24th in the world, in 37 minutes, late Thursday night. The reigning world champion will face eighth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Sindhu had beaten Busanan at Denmark Open last week. Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded fifth, also beat MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 in an all-Indian clash to reach the quarterfinals. The duo will meet fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik next.
Men's singles player Sourabh Verma, however, bowed out of the competition after losing 12-21, 9-21 to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in the second round. On Thursday, young Lakshya Sen had sailed into third round of the Super 750 event with a comfortable win over Singapore's Loh Kean Yew.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the second round with superlative wins in the women's and men's singles events at the China Masters
With India unwilling to send its team across the border over security concerns, the onus is on the ICC to help the boards establish a middle ground
Hardik Pandya overtook England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal dynamo Dipendra Singh Airee at the top of the T20I all-rounder charts
Rohit Sharma's participation in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under remains uncertain
The BCCI has informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that the Indian cricket team won't be travelling to Pakistan, the designated hosts, for the Champions Trophy.
Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli continued to bat in the nets even after India's first practice at the Optus Stadium in Perth was halted due to heavy rain.
Rafael Nadal Farewell Match Live Streaming Davis Cup 2024 Finals Live Telecast: Tennis sensation Rafael Nadal aim to mark his emotional farewell with a big victory at the Davis Cup Finals.
Rishabh Pant has confirmed that he didn't leave Delhi Capitals over a disagreement on retention fee ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Ricky Ponting was Delhi Capitals' coach from 2018 to 2024 before joining Punjab Kings ahead of the IPL 2025 season.
This year so far, Virat has only scored 250 runs in 12 Test innings, across six matches at an average of 22.72. He doesn't have a single Test ton to his name this year.
Earlier this month, the BCCI made it clear to the ICC that it won't send the national team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and wants its games to be held in a third country