Battling arthritis, star shuttler Saina Nehwal contemplating at retirement
The 34-year-old former world No.1, who was the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal, participated in three editions of the Games before being hampered by injuries.
The 34-year-old former world No.1, who was the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal, participated in three editions of the Games before being hampered by injuries.
On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.
Later in the day, Palak Kohli started her SL4 women’s singles campaign with a strong win, beating local favourite Milena Surreau 21-12, 21-14 in just 28 minutes.
Prakash Padukone did not hold back in his analysis, asking players to ‘introspect’ and question themselves whether they had ‘doing enough’ to win an Olympic medal.
Sen, ranked 22, took the opening game 21-13 and led 8-3 in the second before Lee, ranked 7th in the world, turned the match around in his favour to win the bronze medal play-off in 71 minutes.
After failing to progress for the gold medal match in the Paris Olympics, Lakshya Sen termed it a good match against defending Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the men's singles semifinal here at La Chapelle Arena on Sunday.
The Dane’s announcement follows the Indian pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s exit from the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s doubles competition.
Crasto and Ponnappa lost to the world number four pair by 11-21, 12-21 in a one-sided second Group C clash.
Shuttler Lakhsya Sen, who turns 23 this August 16, has already achieved things on the badminton court that many others would be unable to replicate even much later in their careers.
President Droupadi Murmu’s natural love for sports and games was seen when she played badminton with Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal at the Badminton Court in Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday.
