Reigning champion PV Sindhu marched on at the BWF World Championships 2021 with a dominant display on Thursday as she defeated 9th seed Pornpawee Chochuwang in the women’s singles Round of 16 at the Carolina Marin Stadium in Huelva, Spain. The 6th seeded Indian needed 48 minutes to beat her Thai opponent 21-14,…
PV Sindhu fell to a tame straight-game defeat to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-final of the Indonesia Masters on Saturday. The double Olympic medalist had a 12-7 head-to-head lead against Yamaguchi but was no match in Bali as she lost 13-21 9-21 in a match that lasted 32 minutes. Sindhu had earlier beaten…
India’s double Olympic medallist superstar PV Sindhu reached the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament on Thursday after three hard-fought games against her opponent from Spain. Sindhu, who is seeded third, took 47 minutes to record a 17-21, 21-7, 21-12 win over Spain’s…
HIGHLIGHTS PV Sindhu returned to India with the Olympic bronze medal from Tokyo 2020 Sindhu is the only Indian woman to win two Olympic medals Sindhu’s badminton bronze was India’s second medal at Tokyo 2020 after Mirabai Chanu’s silver Telangana Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud along with Cyberabad CP…
On Sunday (August 1), badminton player PV Sindhu created history after defeating He Bing Jiao of China 21-13, 21-15 to win the women’s singles bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu has become the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. She won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Celebs like…
HIGHLIGHTS Tai Tzu Ying stands between Sindhu and 2nd Olympic final Sindhu has lost 9 of her last 11 meetings to Taiwan’s Tai Sindhu defeated Tai en route to Rio silver, world championships gold in 2019 5-13. 9 defeats in their last 11 meetings. PV Sindhu has a poor head-to-head record against Tai Tzu Ying. The…