Sumit Nagal, the country’s top singles player, defeated Sweden’s Elias Ymer in the first round of the Nordea Open on Tuesday with a score of 6-4, 6-3. Before entering the ATP 250 event, Nagal trailed 0-2 in head-to-head matches against the Swedish wildcard player. India’s top singles player had previously lost to Ymer at the…
The draw for the group stage of the Men’s Doubles tournament in badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympics was released on Monday. The Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded third, were placed in Group C. The India pair is joined in their group by the French pairing of Lucas Corvee/Ronan Labar (world…
The Badminton World Federation on Friday announced the draws for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The men’s doubles draw has been delayed and will be announced at a later date. Two-time Olympic medalist and 10th seed Pv Sindhu will play against Kristin Kuuba (World Ranking: 75) from Estonia and Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (World Ranking: 111)…
Legendary Prakash Padukone is set to travel as a mentor along with the 15-member Indian badminton squad for the Paris Olympics, beginning on July 26. Padukone, the first Indian to win the All England Championship, was retired in 1991 even as badminton was introduced in the Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games. While Lakshya Sen…
