All posts tagged: Rakshitha

Kidambi Srianth beaten. Rakshitha, Kiran and Unnati progress

Kidambi Srianth beaten. Rakshitha, Kiran and Unnati progress

Published by Webster

Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth fell by the wayside even as four Indians tasted success at the German Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Priyanshu Rajawat, Kiran George, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj and Unnati Hooda progressed to the second round of men’s and women’s singles competition Priyanshu outwitted senior compatriot Kidambi Srikanth 21-14 21-12, while Rakshitha dished out a gritty show to overcome Malaysia’s Kisona Selvaduray 22-20 5-21 25-23. German Open | Priyanshu Rajawat, Kiran George, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj and Unnati Hooda progresse to round 2.#badminton #GermanOpenSuper300 pic.twitter.com/8A8S7PKqoR — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) February 26, 2025 Hooda also entered the second round with a 21-13 21-17 win over W Zhang of Canada, while Kiran prevailed over Finland’s J Oldorff 21-18 19-21 21-16 in another men’s singles match. In other matches, T Hemanth and Anmol Kharb, however, bowed out of the competition after losing their respective opening-round matches. 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 …

India Open 2025: Anupama Upadhyaya Wins All-Indian Battle Against Close Friend Rakshitha Ramaraj

India Open 2025: Anupama Upadhyaya Wins All-Indian Battle Against Close Friend Rakshitha Ramaraj

Published by Webster

Anupama Upadhyaya won the battle between two rising women’s singles players while Malvika Bansod and Priyanshu Rajawat put up a fight against higher-ranked opponents but ended on the losing side in the opening round of the India Open 2025 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall here on Wednesday. Malvika saved two game points in the opening game and fought back from 7-14 to 16-16 in the second against women’s singles third seed Han Yue of China before going down 20-22, 21-16, 21-11 in an hour and six minutes. The comeback bid of Asian Games and World Championships bronze medallist H.S Prannoy was cut short by Su Li Yang as the 32-year-old Indian went down 16-21, 21-18, 21-12 in an hour and 13 minutes. Rajawat saved a match point in the second game to force a decider against the 2023 world championships silver medallist and sixth seed Kodai Naraoka but could not avoid a 21-16, 22-20, 21-13 loss in a match that lasted an hour and 22 minutes in the BWF World Tour Super …

India Open badminton: Close friends Anupama Upadhyaya & Rakshitha Ramraj keen to take the next step on big circuit | Badminton News

India Open badminton: Close friends Anupama Upadhyaya & Rakshitha Ramraj keen to take the next step on big circuit | Badminton News

Published by Webster

“I couldn’t play hard smashes because she returned everything,” Rakshitha Sree Santosh Ramraj burst out smiling, speaking about Anupama Upadhyaya, her opponent on the day. “By the time she hit 20 strokes, I was tired. I had back pain for the past month and started playing only a week ago. My stamina was zero, and this girl knew it!” More hearty laughter. “And she made me do the tosses!” “Come on! Don’t say that. The court was damn slow!” Anupama chimed in, defending as well as she did on court. “How can I hit smashes at you? You’ll convert it, and then I will have to run more… Everyone is playing only rallies here.” But Rakshitha was having none of it: “But you know I was injured!” They emerged from the playing area after a hard-fought, sometimes scrappy, first-round match at the India Open on Wednesday, still sweating profusely after their 43-minute battle. Anupama, 19, had gotten the better of Rakshitha, 17, in the all-Indian clash 21-17, 21-18. But as they started speaking to the …

Why Rakshitha, a shuttler with a tactical mind who aces rally game, is one to watch out for

Why Rakshitha, a shuttler with a tactical mind who aces rally game, is one to watch out for

Published by Webster

Promise 2025: As a new year begins, there is bound to be fresh hope for India’s upcoming young athletes. From a pre-teen chess player to an early teen cricketer, we take a look at who can make their mark in the coming years. The quiet state of Indian badminton in the south – Tamil Nadu – with its self-effacing players, could start roaring this season with Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar picking some clutch wins at the end of 2024. But the hidden talent that could see some breakthrough results in coming months is Coimbatore teen Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, a rally player who’s switched gears and is learning to let it rip. She is 5 ‘6 ” at age 17, with a natural inclination to keep the rally going, but blessed with a good punch from the back-court. Encouraged by her father to start out in the sport at 9, she made the move to Hyderabad pretty early, with her mom accompanying her. It was a tough two years as Covid struck within weeks of …

Rakshitha, Mithun win singles titles at CM Trophy India International

Rakshitha, Mithun win singles titles at CM Trophy India International

Published by Webster

Indian shuttlers registered a clean sweep at the CM Trophy India International Challenge 2024 in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on Sunday. It was the Indian shuttlers’ second successive clean sweep at the home international challenge-level tournament. Last week, they emerged victorious in all five categories at the Telangana International Challenge. Rakshitha Sree Santosh Ramraj won the women’s singles title at this event whereas the experienced Mithun Manjunath triumphed in the men’s singles category. Rakshitha Sree wins the CM Trophy India IC title beating Tanvi Patri 17-21,21-12,21-12 . Last week she finished as runners up at the Telangana IC. A great outing for Tanvi as well in her senior Int’l debut. #Badminton pic.twitter.com/eeUnA2NuCa — Rambo (@monster_zero123) November 17, 2024 On the other hand, the pairing of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde clinched their second back-to-back title in the mixed doubles category after a three-game victory over the top-seeded pairing of Asith and Amrutha. Arathi Sara Sunil and Varshini Viswanath Sri won the women’s doubles title, whereas the top-seeded pairing of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar clinched the …

Rakshitha Sree upsets second-seed Kirsty Gilmour

Rakshitha Sree upsets second-seed Kirsty Gilmour

Published by Webster

Indian shuttlers had a brilliant day at the Hylo Open Super 300 tournament winning most of the round of 16 games. The biggest surprise of the day came as young Indian shuttler Rakshitha Ramraj stunned second-seeded Kirsty Gilmour to move to the quarter-finals. Malvika Bansod, Ayush Shetty, and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran also woh their respective matches. Rakshitha played a dominating game against second-seeded and world number 25 Gilmour to defeat her in 35 minutes. The first game started evenly and both players were tied at 4-4 but then Rakshitha accelerated with some good strokeplay and took a lead of 12-6. There was no looking back for the youngster afterwards and won the first game 21-14. In the second game, Rakshitha was more confident and took an early lead of 9-2. There was no coming back for Gilmour as the young Indian shuttler closed the game at 21-12 registering a famous win. Sixth-seeded Indian shuttler Malvika had a brilliant game and gave no chance to Iris Andersen of Denmark. Malvika won 21-13, 21-16 in straight games. …

Hylo Open badminton: Rakshitha Sree, with more emphasis on attack and aggression, produces a big win against world No 25 Gilmour | Badminton News

Hylo Open badminton: Rakshitha Sree, with more emphasis on attack and aggression, produces a big win against world No 25 Gilmour | Badminton News

Published by Webster

The instructions to Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj on match eve were clear: whether she was leading 20-10 or trailing 1-20, she was to pump her fist and shout at every point she snatched. “If you don’t remind her, she plays a silent game which doesn’t make sense on the international circuit. Gopi Sir called yesterday and strictly told us to follow that – no matter what the match situation, Shout,” coach Rahul Yadav says. Aggression was being systematically drilled into another talent on the Hyderabad courts, 8 years after PV Sindhu was taught to match her attack with voluble aggression. On Thursday, Rakshitha matched the hop-smashes of Scottish Kirsty Gilmour, beating the No 25 player 21-14, 21-12 in 36 minutes at the Hylo Open, in Saarbrucken Germany. It will be preposterous to make a direct comparison with Sindhu who had a World Championship bronze at 18 years. But Rakshitha’s rangy game, being honed at the Gopichand Academy, is very reminiscent of Sindhu’s. Rakshitha has a long way to go – she is still World No …

Hylo Open LIVE: Rakshitha Sree upsets second seed, Malvika Bansod in action

Hylo Open LIVE: Rakshitha Sree upsets second seed, Malvika Bansod in action

Published by Webster

Hylo Open 2024 Super 300 Tournament LIVE: Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran will be in action at the Hylo Open. With big names missing from the tournament both shuttlers will have a chance to put on a good show. Stay tuned for updates. 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