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After comfortably winning the opening game, the top-seed went down in the second before she rebounded strongly to post a 21-12, 19-21, 21-11 win over eighth-seed Beatriz Corrales. (Photo: PTI)

India Open: PV Sindhu marches into semis; Sai Praneeth, Parupalli...

Sindhu will now lock horns with third-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand for a place in the summit showdown of the...

2 Feb 2018 8:03 PM IST

Indians Rankireddy Satwiksairaj and Ashwini Ponnappa in action during their mixed doubles second round match against Malaysias Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing at the India Open at Siri Fort Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Satwik-Ashwini won 21-16, 15-21, 23-21. (Photo:PTI)

Big guns boom

Sindhu, Saina win but Srikanth bites dust in 2nd round.

2 Feb 2018 1:47 AM IST

Top seed and defending champion Sindhu dumped Bulgarias Linda Zetchiri 21-10 21-14 in the womens singles clash. (Photo: PTI)

India Open: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal advance to quarters; Kidambi...

World no 3 Srikanth suffered a 19-2117-21 loss to Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain, who is giving his career a...

1 Feb 2018 11:19 PM IST

Gopichand defends PV Sindhu, wants Indian shuttlers to win at CWG, Asian games

Gopichand defends PV Sindhu, wants Indian shuttlers to win at CWG,...

Indian badminton chief coach feels that odd defeats can't be termed as her failure, not even by a single percent.

1 Feb 2018 4:58 PM IST

$\It is not easy for people to understand what we go through. I am not 20 anymore, I have to keep myself fit to be able to play for long and you see the calendar, it is a killing calendar and we dont know when and how many tournaments we will play and what happens next,\ said Saina Nehwal. (Photo: AP)$ Sports

After India Open 1st round win, Saina Nehwal slams BWF over killing...

The London Olympic bronze medallist minced no words in expressing her displeasure with the schedule.

1 Feb 2018 9:55 AM IST

HS Prannoy said it left him with no option but to take part as he had already missed the first two Super 500 tournaments at Malaysia and Indonesia. (Photo: Twitter)

India Open 2018 : HS Prannoy ousted in 1st round by Shreyansh Jaiswal

Prannoy was forced to take part in the event after missing out on Malaysia and Indonesia event.

31 Jan 2018 4:36 PM IST

Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal kicked off her India Open campaign on a promising note as she thrashed Danish player Sofie Holmboe Dahl in straight games in the opening match of the womens singles event here on Wednesday.(Photo: AP / AFP)

India Open: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu kick off campaign with thumping...

Nehwal will now lock horns with Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark in the second round.

31 Jan 2018 3:56 PM IST

India badminton coach Pullela Gopichand (left) with Saina Nehwal in New Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: AP)

Pullouts hit India Open

Also missing from the draw are top Chinese and Japanese players, though Olympic champion Carolina Marin remains a big...

31 Jan 2018 1:05 AM IST

Prakash Padukone in his speech said that he shares this award with all the other players who played with me and also with his family. (Photo:PTI)

Deepika in tears as father and legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone...

The legendary shuttler was conferred with the lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to the sport.

30 Jan 2018 11:16 AM IST

Saina Nehwal. (Photo: AFP)

India Open Badminton: All eyes are on Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu

Fourth seed Saina will start her campaign against Denmark's Sofie Dahl and fifth seed Zhang Beiwen will be her likely...

30 Jan 2018 12:50 AM IST

The World No.12 was no match for Tai Tzu, who toyed with Saina with her supreme agility and deceptive returns. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia Masters: Tai Tzu Ying downs old foe Saina Nehwal to win...

Tai Tzu has now defeated the former world No.1 Indian nine times in their last 10 meetings.

28 Jan 2018 1:44 PM IST

Saina Nehwal returns to Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in their Indonesia Masters womens singles semi-final in Jakarta on Saturday. Saina won 21-19, 21-19. (Photo:AFP)

Saina Nehwal sails into Indonesia final

Saina Nehwal made a perfect start to the season.

28 Jan 2018 2:57 AM IST