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Lakshya Sen is set to face Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong in his quarter-final match on Friday.
Anmol didn't get a great start in her badminton but despite losses in age-group tournament, she did not lose hope and continued to pursue her dream.
Here everything you are required to know about the India Open super 750 badminton tournament which starts in New Delhi from January 16.
Sat-Chi has previously won Swiss Open 2023 (Super 300) and Indonesia Open 2023 (Super 1000) earlier this year. Korea Open is their third Super 500 title.
Lakshya, who stunned second seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the first round, next faces Julien Carraggi of Belgium in the quarterfinals. Sindhu will face China's Gao Fang Jie for a place in the semifinals.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty outclassed the second-seeded Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia 21-17, 21-18 to claim India's first-ever BWF Super 1000 World Tour title.
World No. 22 Srikanth took an early 2-0 lead before Feng responded with five straight points, with the Indian committing too many unforced errors.
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sen, who took a short break to focus on his mental and physical health, was eliminated by world number 7 Loh Kean Yew in a 7-21, 21-23 loss.
Sindhu's withdrawal means HS Prannoy remains the only representative from India at the prestigious tournament
The two-time Olympic medallist, who is seeded seventh, made short work of the world number 32, Yi Man 21-12 21-10 in just 28 minutes in the women's singles second round clash.
Taapsee Pannu praised her boyfriend and Indian badminton team coach Mathias Boe on the historic win.
Former World no.1 Srikanth Kidambi advanced to the round of 16 of the Denmark Open after defeating fellow compatriot B Sai Praneeth in the first round. Kidambi inflicted a 21-14, 21-11 defeat on Praneeth in just 30 minutes.
Home team superstar and Olympic 2016 silver medallist Sindhu defeated world No.1 women`s singles player Tai Tzu Ying 15-11, 10-15, 15-12 to pull Chennai level 1-1.
It was the first win for the Warriors in this year's League, having lost its previous three matches. The team from the North-East won their trump match and also pulled off a victory in Bengaluru's trump match.
Prannoy feels there is always something to learn from Tai Tzu, whether she is on the court or off it.
The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler said she was doing the training part but would need to strengthen herself while playing.
Axelsen, who clinched two Super Series titles at India and Japan and finished runner-up at China Open, said BWF needs to focus on improving the quality of the tournaments instead of cramming the calender with more events.
Delhi, who had lost their opening match 1-4 to Mumbai Rockets in Guwahati, then put their faith on Sung Ji Hyun, a bronze medallist at the 2015 World Championship, and the World No. 6 Korean overcame 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist and World No. 16 Kristy Gilmour 15-10, 8-15, 15-5 in their Trump match to bring her team back into the contest.
The reigning Olympic champion and two-time World champion finished runners-up thrice – in India, Malaysia and Singapore – losing to P.V. Sindhu in Delhi and on the remaining two occasions to Chinese Taipei star Tai Tzu Ying.
Ashwini's comments were backed by the league's organisers Sportzlive Managing Director Atul Pandey, who also announced the change of timings of the matches.
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