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Tanisha-Dhruv get the serve to sing, beat Watanabe-Taguchi 8-21, 21-17, 21-16

Tanisha-Dhruv get the serve to sing, beat Watanabe-Taguchi 8-21, 21-17, 21-16

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5 min readMay 28, 2026 03:50 PM IST Jwala Gutta had once said she picked Ashwini Ponappa as a partner – not because of her smashes, which were excellent ofcourse. But due to her serves. Now, Tanisha Crasto hoping to reach Jwala’s heights in mixed doubles (she reached World No 6 with V Diju), is proving why a swell serving game can literally win you matches. To get to match point at the Singapore Open, Tanisha sent forth a bamboozler that confounded none less than Yuta Watanabe – a seemingly benign backhand wobble serve that left the Japanese skill-master confounded. Watanabe is a twice Olympic medallist and four-time World Championships podium finisher, including two silvers at mixed doubles. The Japanese 28-year-old isn’t easily frazzled. The two hooting serves at the end, were just the finishing touches of a firecracker game. Her lari (garland) style of explosive bursts, as she strikes a whisk-like rotating pattern with Dhruv Kapila and goes about creating chances while never giving up, has been one of Indian badminton’s most underrated progressions. …

Lakshya Sen to take on Ng Ka Long-Blog, Scores, Updates

Lakshya Sen to take on Ng Ka Long-Blog, Scores, Updates

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All England Open 2026: Lakshya Sen to compete at the pre-quarterfinals of the 2026 All England Super 1000 tournament in Birmingham on Thursday. After upsetting the top seed Shi Yu Qi in the first round, Lakshya is now set to face Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus in the round of 16 today. In the mixed doubles, the pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will also be in action for their pre-quarterfinal matchup. Catch all the live updates here: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Sudirman Cup 2025: Denmark took a 4-1 win over India in the opener

Sudirman Cup 2025: Denmark took a 4-1 win over India in the opener

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The Indian mixed team took on Denmark in the opening tie of the group stage action at the 2025 Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, China, on Sunday. The tie started with the mixed doubles match, where the team captains, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, were in action. Following them, HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu took the centre stage in their respective singles matches. The tie ended with a consolation win for India in the final match of the day in the women’s doubles category, where it put a scratch pairing of Tanisha and Shruti, because of the injury withdrawals from Treesa-Gayatri. As it happened: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Badminton Asia Championships Live: PV Sindhu in action in second round

Badminton Asia Championships Live: PV Sindhu in action in second round

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Badminton Asia Championships Live: Indian shuttlers will continue their campaign in the second round of the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China, on Thursday. PV Sindhu will be the biggest name on the second day of the competition, where she is taking on her arch-rival and one of the renowned shuttlers, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, in the second round. After Lakshya Sen’s exit, Priyanshu Rajawat and Kiran George will lead India’s challenge in the men’s singles department. Meanwhile, the pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will be competing in mixed doubles. Catch all the live updates here: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

India lose 2-3 to South Korea in final group tie

India lose 2-3 to South Korea in final group tie

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The Indian mixed badminton team were handed a 2-3 defeat by South Korea in the final group tie of the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championships in Qingdao, Shandong, China on Thursday. India lost the first two matches but staged a comeback to level the score at 2-2. However, Satwik-Arjun failed to win the final match of the tie, resulting in a 2-3 loss for India. Despite this loss, the Indian team advanced to the knockout stage as the second-best team in Group D. Treesa-Gayatri help level the tie The tie started with the mixed doubles match between the Indian pairing of Dhruv Kapila/ Tanisha Crasto and the Korean pairing of Dong Ju Kl/ Na Eun Jeong. Despite losing the first game, Dong-Jeong put Korea on the board by winning the match in a tight three-game (11-21, 21-12, 21-15) affair. Sim Yu Jin followed them and claimed a second consecutive victory for Korea, handing them a 2-0 lead. She outclassed the young Indian women’s singles player Malvika Bansod in straight games, 21-9, 21-10. Thereafter, Sathish Kumar …

Satwik-Chirag and Lakshya Sen crash out in second round

Satwik-Chirag and Lakshya Sen crash out in second round

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Indian shuttlers had a forgettable second round, suffering three close defeats on Thursday at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 Tournament, held at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indian men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty endured a hard-fought straight-game (20-22, 21-23) loss, while Lakshya Sen fell short against Kenta Nishimoto in a tight three-game encounter. A missed opportunity for Satwik-Chirag The fourth-seeded Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag faced the Thai duo of Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Kittinupong Kedren in the second round. The Indian pair had a shaky start and trailed 10-15 in the opening game. However, they mounted an impressive comeback, winning six consecutive points to earn three game points at 20-17. Despite this advantage, they squandered the opportunity, losing five consecutive points to drop the first game 20-22 from a winning position. The second game followed a similar pattern, with the Indian pair trailing 12-15 before staging another comeback to secure a game-point opportunity. However, an unforced error at the net by Chirag led to a deuce. …

Lakshya Sen advances to second round, PV Sindhu exits

Lakshya Sen advances to second round, PV Sindhu exits

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Indian ace men’s singles player shuttler, Lakshya Sen, progressed to the second round whereas PV Sindhu had an early exit at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 Tournament in Istora Senayan, Jakarta on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Indian mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also claimed a straight-game (21-18, 21-14) win in the first round against the home pairing of Maulana and Jamil. Early exit for PV Sindhu PV Sindhu who had an impressive outing last week, had an early exit, losing in straight games (20-22, 12-21) to Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam in the women’s singles category. Sindhu had a very big opportunity in the first game as she had six game points opportunity, but, in what was a tremendous fight-back, she lost eight points on the trot to lose the opening game, 20-22. Nguyen, after making such a spirited comeback, gained her confidence and lived up to the momentum to not allow Sindhu to bounce back in the second game, winning it dominatingly with the score of 21-12. On the other hand, …

Malaysia Open 2025: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag reach pre-quarters

Malaysia Open 2025: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag reach pre-quarters

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HS Prannoy in men’s singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles made a winning start to their respective campaigns at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Prannoy, playing for the first time since his Round of 16 exit from the Paris Olympics, defeated Brian Yang of Canada 21-12, 17-21, 21-15 in the first round. After his match was postponed to Wednesday due to a leaky roof at the Axiata Arena on Tuesday, Prannoy had to toil hard to overcome Yang in a three-match contest. Earlier, the mixed doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila put up a solid show by defeating Ko Sung Hyun and Eom Hye Won 21-13, 21-14 in just 30 minutes. In the other men’s singles clash, it was the end of the road for Priyanshu Rajawat, who went down to World No. 7 Li Shifeng of China 11-21, 16-21 in 40 minutes. In the women’s singles segment, Malvika Bansod started off her season with a 21-15, 21-16 convincing win over Goh Jin Wei …

Syed Modi India International: Dhruv-Tanisha, Sumeeth-Sikki progress to R16

Syed Modi India International: Dhruv-Tanisha, Sumeeth-Sikki progress to R16

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Indian mixed doubles pairings had a mixed day at the Syed Modi India International, a Super 300 event, in Lucknow on Tuesday. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto edged China’s Han Yu Zhang and Li Jing Bao to advance to the second round. Dhruv and Tanisha defeated Zhang and Bao 12-21, 21-15, 21-17 in 62 minutes. The experienced duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy also progressed as they beat fellow Indian pairing of Sunjith Subramanian and Gowri Krishna TR 21-10, 21-18. Six more Indian pairings progressed to the second round. Chayanit Joshi and Kavya Gupta won a thrilling two-game match against Bokka Navaneeth and Ritika Thaker 21-19, 22-20. Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde beat Nithin and Anagha Aravinda Pai 21-14, 21-12. Deep Rambhiya-Simran Singhi defeated Ashith Surya-Amrutha Pramuthesh 21-15, 14-21, 21-11. Mohit and Lakshita, on the other hand, beat Kona Tarun and Sri Krishna Priya 19-21, 21-14, 21-11. In another three-game duel, Gouse Shaik-Maneesha K beat Nitin Kumar-Ridhi Kaur Toor 21-16, 12-21, 21-19. Vishnu Sreekumar and Aparna Balan handed Suraj Goala and …