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Major talking points of the tournament

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Indian para-shuttlers had a great outing at the Indonesia Para-Badminton International, winning over 30 medals at this Level 2 competition in Surakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday. This was the first para-badminton international tournament after the Paris Paralympic Games. Hence, India rested their top para-shuttlers and sent a second-string side featuring many young players. Only three Indians from the Paris Paralympics squad participated: Sukant Kadam (SL4), Mandeep Kaur (SL3), and Sivarajan Solaimalai (SH6). All three players had a successful tournament, each clinching silver medals in their respective singles categories. Here are a few major talking points from the tournament: #1 Hardik Makkar upsets Paralympic medalist One of the major upsets of the tournament was Hardik Makkar’s victory over Paralympic medalist Suryo Nugroho of Indonesia in the group stage of the men’s singles SU5 category. This marked Hardik’s first victory against Suryo in their fourth meeting. However, he could not capitalize on this success and ended his journey without a medal, losing to Suryo again in the quarterfinals. Despite this disappointment, Hardik teamed up with fellow player Ruthick …

Para shuttler Pranay Seth stranded in Indonesia as BAI fails to process entry

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Para shuttler Pranay Seth was stranded in Indonesia after the Badminton Association of India failed to process his entry for the Indonesia Para-Badminton International tournament. Despite receiving assurances from the BAI that his entry had been accepted, Pranay arrived in Indonesia, only to learn a day before the event that he was not registered to compete. A budding para shuttler, Pranay funded this trip personally with many hardships but it is futile now due to the failure of the management at BAI. “I feel helpless as all other athletes have started playing but can’t. I aim to qualify for bigger tournaments but due to such mistakes, all my chances will be greatly impacted as I won’t get ranking points. Also, I was playing singles and doubles but due to this my partner will also suffer. I am expecting immediate help from authorities,” said Pranay. His disappointment was compounded by the significant personal and financial sacrifices made to arrange for his participation in the tournament. The incident comes one week after Paralympic champion Nitesh Kumar and …