Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty survived a scare before progressing to the men’s doubles second round with a thrilling win over Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley at the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament in Odense on Wednesday. Satwik and Chirag, who reached back-to-back finals at the Hong Kong Open and China Masters, …

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Riyan Malhan fought as well as he could but the top-seeded Indonesian Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah was far superior and finished with a routine 15-9, 15-6 win in the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati on Thursday. Fifteen-year-old Malhan was the youngest amongst the 16 boys fighting for a spot in the quarterfinals. …

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Tanvi Sharma made a backhand return and stepped forward, only to watch China’s Sun Li Yuan lift the shuttle and send it past the Indian towards the end of the second game. It was the only moment where the home favourite was caught off-guard in an otherwise clinical 15-8, 15-5 victory in the round of …

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Ace Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stunned world number two and local favourite Anders Antonsen in straight games to enter the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Thursday. The world number 21, Sen, beat the second seed, Dane, 21-13, 21-14 in a second-round match that lasted 53 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Sen …

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The headband. The soft touches at the net. The rip-roaring smashes from the back. The celebrations after a thrilling victory over a tricky opponent. In the last few years, the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has given Indian badminton fans many such moments — when flair, fire, and finesse came together …

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Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma became the first Indian girl to win a singles medal at the BWF World Junior Championships since 2008 after beating Japan’s Saki Matsumoto in the quarterfinals on Friday. Tanvi, now assured of a bronze, also confirmed India’s first medal of the ongoing 2025 edition being held in Guwahati. The Indian, seeded first, …

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Tanvi Sharma ensured that an Indian girl will stand on the podium at the BWF World Junior Championships after 17 years as she defeated Japan’s Saki Matsumoto 13-15, 15-9, 15-10 in the quarterfinals in Guwahati on Friday, thus confirming at least a bronze medal. Coincidentally, the last time an Indian girl won a medal at …

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India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semifinals of the Denmark Open after fighting past Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Rahmat Hidayat of Indonesia in the Super 750 badminton tournament on Friday. Satwik and Chirag, seeded sixth in the tournament defeated the unseeded Indonesians 21-15, 18-21, 21-16 in a hard-fought …

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Tanvi Sharma revealed how her coach Park Tae-seng motivated her as she made a comeback in the BWF World Junior Championships quarterfinals at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati on Friday, becoming the first Indian girl in 17 years to ensure a podium-finish. Tanvi, who beat Japan’s Saki Matsumoto 13-15, 15-9, 15-10, trailed 5-8 …

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How does one manage to get a “scolding” after ending a nation’s 17-year wait for a medal? Tanvi Sharma experienced it all on Friday. The 16-year-old from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, had just become the first Indian girl since Saina Nehwal in 2008 to ensure a podium finish at the BWF World Junior Championships. Akin to Saina, …

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Tanvi Sharma scripted history on Saturday, storming into the girls’ singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 in Guwahati with a straight-games win — 15-11, 15-9 — over China’s Asian Junior Championships silver medallist Liu Si Ya. Tanvi, the top seed, will face second seed Anyapat Phichitpreechasak of Thailand in the title clash …

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The decibel levels at the National Centre of Excellence (NCE) in Guwahati rose in sync with the dhol beats but one spectator could barely look at the action unfolding on the Centre Court. As Tanvi Sharma inched closer to the finish line in her BWF World Championships semifinal, Meena, the 16-year-old Indian’s mother, took the …

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India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the semifinals of the Denmark Open on Saturday, losing to Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 21-23, 21-18, 16-21 in a 68-minute contest. Hoki and Kobayashi, who had won only once against the sixth-seeded Indians before, dug deep in Odense to edge …

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For those who followed him closely during his playing days, former Olympic and World Champion Chen Long and emotional outbursts were like parallel lines. However, on Saturday, at the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati, the impossible happened. The poker-faced Chen let it out. After Indonesia’s Richie Duta Richardo failed to lift the shuttle above …

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Around 2 p.m. in Guwahati on Sunday, Tanvi Sharma and Thailand’s Anyapat Phichitpreechasak started warming up on adjacent practice courts at the National Centre of Excellence, ahead of their BWF World Junior Championships final. Tanvi, looking to become only the second Indian ever after Saina Nehwal (Pune, 2008) to win gold, stayed focused on her …

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