TREESA JOLLY
Sankar Subramanian stuns world no. 2 Antonsen in Swiss Open; Treesa-Gayatri in semis
Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian stunned world no. 2 Anders Antonsen to reach the Swiss Open men's singles quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the women's doubles semifinals with ease. Subramanian will next face France's Christo Popov. Other Indian players faced mixed results with Isharani Baruah, Anupama Upadhyaya, and the mixed doubles pair suffering defeats.
PV Sindhu to lead Indian challenge at Swiss Open badminton
PV Sindhu, two-time Olympic medalist and 2022 Swiss Open winner, will lead the Indian squad at the Swiss Open badminton tournament in Basel. In the women's singles first round, she will face Malvika Bansod, making it an all-Indian affair.
Lakshya Sen crashes out of All-England Open 2025 after losing his quarter-final encounter against Shi Feng Li
Indian Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen exited the All-England Open 2025 quarter-finals after a loss to Shi Feng Li of China. In the women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were defeated by Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning. Earlier, PV Sindhu and Malvika Bansod also exited the tournament.
India Open: Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag shine on mixed day
PV Sindhu, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament. Sindhu overcame a challenging match, while the doubles pair defeated Malaysia's duo in a tight contest. Kiran George also progressed after a thrilling three-game encounter, while other Indian shuttlers faced mixed results.
P V Sindhu ends two-year title drought; Treesa-Gayatri pair claims maiden Super 300 crown at Syed Modi International
P V Sindhu clinched the Syed Modi International women's singles crown, ending her title drought after over two years. She defeated China's Wu Luo Yu in the final. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won their maiden Super 300 title in women's doubles, while Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K finished as runners-up in men's doubles.
Anmol Kharb is brave and intelligent: Pullela Gopichand
Anmol Kharb, the 17-year-old badminton player from Faridabad, impressed Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand with her fearless and intelligent play at the Asia Team Championships. Her recent win against world number 29 Natsuki Nidaira helped India reach its first-ever final in the prestigious tournament. Gopichand praised Anmol's ability to beat top players and her natural bravery and intelligence on the court. He also commended the Indian women's team for their phenomenal performance, especially the doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, who defeated world number 6 pair from Japan.
Badminton Asia Team Championships: Indian women enter maiden final after beating Japan 3-2
World No. 23 pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, world No. 53 Ashmita Chaliha and the 17-year-old Anmol Kharb registered stunning wins in the first doubles and second and deciding singles to take India through to the summit clash. India will face Thailand in the final on Sunday. Though Japan were without their world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi, world No. 7 pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota and world No. 8 combination of Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara, they were still a formidable side, making it a tough battle for India.
PV Sindhu slips to world number 15 in BWF rankings
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu slipped three places to drop to the 15th spot in the latest women's singles BWF World rankings issued on Tuesday. Sindhu, who dropped out of the elite top 10 in April this year, now has 51,070 points from 13 tournaments.
New-look India eye elusive medal at Sudirman Cup
For India, mixed doubles is likely to be the weakest link as Ashwini Ponnappa and K Sai Prateek would be looking to punch above their weight if they come across world number 23 Ye Hong Wei and Lee Chia Hsin. On Monday, India will clash against Malaysia and it will be a fascinating battle with the likes of world number 8 Lee Zii Jia, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai and Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing standing on the way.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu drops out of world top 10
The 27-year-old from Hyderabad, who has been struggling this season since returning to action following a long injury lay-off, slipped two places to the 11th spot with 60,448 points. A former world champion, Sindhu, who has a career-best ranking of world number 2, has been in the top 10 since November, 2016. She first cracked the elite top 10 in August, 2013.
All England: Gayatri and Treesa’s two successive semi-final appearances is a good sign for Indian badminton
Gayatri was paired with Treesa because Gopi was once afraid he would be accused of nepotism if his daughter played with someone already established.
Treesa Jolly - Gayatri Gopichand reach quarters
The world No. 17 Indian pair, which had reached the semifinals of the last edition, will next face Chinese combination of Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan. Last year’s finalist Sen, however, couldn’t find his touch against Anders Antonsen, going down 13-21, 15-21 in 52 minutes. It was sweet revenge from the Danish, who had gone down in straight games to the Indian in 2022. Returning from an injury, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy paired up with his partner Chirag Shetty but their gallant fight ended with a 21-10, 17-21, 19-21 loss to China’s world No. 10 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.
India thrash Kazakhstan 5-0 in Asia Mixed Team Championships badminton
India began their Asia Mixed Team Championships campaign with a 5-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan in a group match with star shuttlers P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy notching up easy wins here on Tuesday.
CWG 2022: Kidambi Srikanth storms into quarter-finals, beats Dumindu Abeywickrama
Kidambi Srikanth qualified for the quarter-finals of men's singles at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
India thrash Pakistan 5-0 in badminton opener
Then, it was the turn of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu to grab a dominant win over Mahoor Shahzad in women's singles. The champion Indian shuttler won 21-7 21-6. In the fourth match, which was the men's doubles contest, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got the better of Murad Ali and Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti.
Reality check for Indian shuttlers in Uber Cup Final, team drubbed 0-5 by Korea
For Sindhu, it was a disappointing outing as she succumbed to her straight fifth loss to An Seyoung, losing 15-21 14-21 this time in a lopsided contest as India conceded an early 0-1 lead.
Uber Cup Final: India seal quarterfinal berth with 4-1 win over USA
P V Sindhu once again lead the proceedings with a 21-10 21-11 win over Jennie Gai, doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly then beat Francesca Corbett and Allison Lee 21-19 21-10 before Aakashi Kashyap notched up a 21-18 21-11 victory over Esther Shi as India took an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Sen breaks into world's top 10; Treesa-Gayatri reach career-best ranking in doubles
Women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also jumped 12 places to reach a career-best world number 34, riding on their maiden semifinal finish at the All England Championship. The duo, who were promoted to the main draw from the reserve list at Birmingham, had stunned second seeded Koreans Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan in the quarterfinals.
All England Championships: Treesa-Gayatri record biggest win of career, join Lakshya Sen in last 4
Playing their first Super 1000 event, women's doubles pair of Treesa and Gayatri, world no 46, recorded the biggest win of their career, a stunning 14-21 22-20 21-15 win over world championship silver medallists and second seeds Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan of Korea.
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