Tag: HS Prannoy

Barcelona Masters: Saina Nehwal advances to second round but HS Prannoy loses

Saina is looking to keep her Tokyo Olympic hopes alive after an inconsistent outing in 2019 and not the best of starts this year.

February 19, 2020

Malaysia Masters: PV Sindhu and Co hoping to start 2020 on good note

World number six Sindhu had a dream run at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, winning the title last year, but she made early exits in the rest of the season.

January 6, 2020

Syed Modi tourney: Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy in 2nd round

Srikanth won 21-12 21-11 in 36 minutes, whereas his next opponent Kashyap got a walkover from Frenchman Lucas Corvee.

November 28, 2019

Hong Kong Open 2019: Kidambi Srikanth in quarters, HS Prannoy crashes out

Meanwhile, Rio Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu will face Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in a women's singles match.

November 14, 2019

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy reach Hong Kong Open second round

Sindhu keeps the Indian challenge alive in women's singles after Saina Nehwal's elimination at the hands of China's Cai Yan Yan earlier in the day. This is the former world no 1's fifth first-round exit in the last six tournaments.

November 13, 2019

China Open 2019: PV Sindhu makes fourth straight early exit, HS Prannoy falters in comeback match

In contrast to these results, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated the Canadian pair of Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu 21-19, 21-19.

November 5, 2019

Denmark Open: PV Sindhu looking to win first title since Worlds

Sindhu has suffered surprising first-round and second-round exits at the China Open and Korea Open respectively since her historic win at the World Championships.

October 14, 2019

PV Sindhu eyes China Open after World Championships high

Life after that historic gold has been all about felicitations and the Indian will now have to quickly turn her focus back on badminton as she remains the country's best bet at the China Open, a title she had won in 2016.

September 16, 2019

Prannoy stuns Lin Dan to enter pre-quarters of World Championships

In the pre-quarterfinals, Prannoy will meet the winner of the second-round match between top seed Kento Momota of Japan and Luis Enrique Penalver of Spain.

August 20, 2019

Sai Praneeth, Prannoy make winning start at World Championships

Praneeth, ranked 19th, defeated 66th-ranked Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 21-17, 21-16 in a first-round clash lasting 39 minutes.

August 19, 2019

Shuttler HS Prannoy expresses displeasure on Arjuna snub

Interestingly, a Badminton Association of India (BAI) source said it did not recommend Prannoy's name for the Arjuna Award to the Sports Ministry on the ground that he did not have any creditable performance last year.

August 18, 2019

Japan Open: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy crash out; Kidambi Srikanth sails into quarters

Fatigue caught up with India’s premier shuttler P V Sindhu as she was upstaged in straight games but Kidambi Srikanth entered quarterfinals of the USD 700,000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday.

September 13, 2018

Indian men’s badminton team loses to Indonesia in quarters

India's men's badminton team lost 1-3 to hosts Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.

August 20, 2018

Saina Nehwal slips out of top-10 BWF rankings

Saina Nehwal slipped a place to move out of the top 10 of the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.

August 10, 2018

Manu-Sumeeth, Sindhu, Prannoy, Kashyap advance at Thailand Open

India’s men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy on Wednesday created a big upset in the opening round as they joined P.V. Sindhu, H.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap in the pre-quarterfinals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament here. The Manu-Sumeeth pair overcame Chinese Taipei’s fourth seeds Chen Hung Ling and Wang Chi-Lin …

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July 12, 2018

Indonesia Open: Sindhu, Prannoy reach quarters; Saina bows out

Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V.Sindhu rang in her 23rd birthday with a straight-game win over Japan’s Aya Ohori, while H.S. Prannoy notched up a brilliant come-from-behind win over Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei to enter the quarter-finals of the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open here on Thursday. But it was curtains for London bronze medallist Saina …

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July 6, 2018

Prannoy stuns Lin Dan, Saina advances at Indonesia Open

H.S. Prannoy stunned Chinese legend Lin Dan to join Saina Nehwal in the second round of the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open badminton championships here on Tuesday. The Indian eighth seed Prannoy overcame two-time Olympic champion Dan 21-15, 9-21, 21-14 in 60 minutes in the opening round. “Really happy with the win since I had couple of …

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July 4, 2018