The Czech number one Byrtus had quite a fight on hand before he overcame Netherlands' fourth seed Rowan Damming 7-11, 11-9, 11-5, 1-11, and 11-8 in a well-contested encounter. On Friday, Byrtus easily defeated seventh seed Hong Kong’s Wailok To 11-6, 11-3, and 11-5.
Singles players have carried India's hopes in badminton for years before Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made their appearance on the scene.
National Games champion M Tharun and unseeded mixed doubles combination of K Sathwik Reddy and Vaishnavi Khadkekar packed off the top seeds in their respective categories to advance to the quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Men's top seed Priyanshu Rajawat was made to sweat by compatriot Arya Bhivpathki in men’s singles second round while the young Tanvi Sharma packed off seventh seed Tanya Hemanth to advance to the women’s singles pre-quarters in Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
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.
Playing at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, the Indians beat their 29th-ranked opponents 21-15, 21-15 in 36 minutes.
The world no. 3 Indians registered a 21-13, 21-13 straight games victory over Malaysian counterparts to set up a second round clash with Chinese pair of Zeng Wei Han and Xie Hao Nan.
Lakshya Sen continued his domination of Asian Games gold medalist Li Shi Feng and the rest of the Indian squad pushed overwhelming favourites and hosts China in all the matches but that was they could do without a win.
