Srikanth will now face either compatriot H.S. Prannoy or Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, who play their first round fixture later in the day.
January 13, 2021After being ignored last year for the same award, Prannoy had even questioned the selection criteria.
June 3, 2020Prior to Kashyap, shuttler PV Sindhu had also donated Rs 5 lakh each to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chief Minister Relief Funds.
April 7, 2020The coronavirus outbreak severely impacted some of the most high profile sporting events worldwide be it the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Serie A and La Liga matches.
March 13, 2020If Saina Nehwal is quarantined she will miss India Open and Malaysia Open, deterring her chance of improving her ranking and qualifying for Tokyo Olympics.
March 13, 2020Saina Nehwal has endured a lean patch, failing to reach the semi-finals even once in the 17 tournaments she has played since winning her last title in 2019.
January 31, 2020The Indian contingent have fared quite badly in the ongoing Fuzhou China Open and with Thursday's string of defeats the medal hope seems well and over.
November 7, 2019Eighth-seed Saina lost to World No. 22 Cai 9-21, 12-21 in just 24 minutes to bow out of the competition.
November 6, 2019Subhankar Dey is now the only Indian shuttler left in the singles competition after he defied Indonesia's world number 17 Tommy Sugirato in the first round.
October 23, 2019Saina Nehwal lost the first game 15-21 and in the second game threw away a 20-16 lead at one stage to lose the decider 21-23.
October 16, 2019Sindhu 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, 2019Kashyap lost the match 12-21, 15-21 in a contest that lasted as long as 40 minutes at the Incheon Airport Skydome.
September 28, 2019Despite a challenging performance by Kashyap’s opponent in the first game, the ace Indian shuttler kept his cool and went on to win the game 24-22 in 21 minutes. The second game was an absolute genius of a game from the Indian star.
September 27, 2019The 33-year-old will now be facing the winner of another Round of 16 match between Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.
September 26, 2019Kashyap registered a comfortable 21-16 21-16 over Lu Chia Hung of Chinese Taipei in a men's singles match that lasted 42 minutes.
September 25, 2019This loss would be a difficult one to digest for the 5th seeded PV Sindhu as she had a match point in the second game itself but failed to convert it into a win.
September 25, 2019Saina's husband and badminton player Parupalli Kashyap, who has been coaching Saina at the World Championships, was the first to express his displeasure about the level of umpiring.
August 23, 2019