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.
China's badminton players on Wednesday scored victories to make the second round in several categories here at the Japan Open badminton tournament.
Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty, winner of the Indonesia Open last month, made a winning return to the court with a 21-16, 21-14 victory over Thailand’s Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren.
Sindhu overwhelmed Sung Shuo Yun of the Chinese Taipei 21-14,21-12 in the round of 16 of women’s singles. Lakshya Sen, meanwhile, beat the Czech Republic’s Jan Louda 21-8, 23-21 in his second-round match.
India's campaign at the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior Championships came to an end on the third day as two girls' singles players and one girls' doubles pair lost their respective round of 16 matches, here on Friday.
In the mixed doubles encounter, Samarveer and Radhika fell short against Adrian and Felisha, losing with a score of 16-21, 15-21, resulting in a 1-0 lead for Indonesia.
