India Open 2022: 'Just another match', says Malvika Bansod after beating idol Saina Nehwal in second round
Malvika called her win over idol Saina, one of the biggest achievements of her career so far.
Jan 13, 2022, 16:19 PM ISTIndian Open: Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu get top billing as tournament returns after two-year hiatus
The tournament will start with main draw from January 11 and no spectators will be allowed at the venue, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 09, 2022, 21:03 PM ISTIndia Open badminton: England shuttlers pull out of tournament after 2 positive cases in contingent
England's decision to pull out was made public by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Sunday.
Jan 09, 2022, 15:49 PM ISTCOVID-19: BWF cancels India Open, Hyderabad Open
According to BWF, the changes represent the best and most feasible opportunity for badminton tournaments to resume with regularity over the next six months.
Jun 28, 2021, 16:10 PM ISTIndia Open 2021: Tournament postponed due to surge in COVID-19 cases
The India Open was part of the qualification cycle for this year's Tokyo Olympics.
Apr 19, 2021, 21:01 PM ISTBWF announces revised tournament calendar, India Open to be held from December 8-13
A total of eight tournaments have been rescheduled from their original dates due to the novel virus.
May 22, 2020, 16:52 PM ISTBWF suspends all tournaments till April 12 due to coronavirus
India Open was scheduled to be played in New Delhi from March 24 to 29.
Mar 14, 2020, 12:58 PM ISTMalaysia Open: Kidambi Srikanth goes down fighting against Chen Long in quarter-final
Srikanth slumped to an 18-21, 19-21 defeat at the hands of Long in a thrilling last-eight clash of the men's singles event that lasted 48 minutes.
Apr 05, 2019, 15:58 PM ISTKidambi Srikanth stunned by Viktor Axelsen in India Open men's singles final
Srikanth, a 2015 winner, blew away two game points in the second game to lose 7-21 20-22 to Axelsen in the summit clash.
Mar 31, 2019, 19:03 PM ISTBadminton in Tokyo Olympics going to be tougher than last three Games: Saina Nehwal
Saina has been troubled by injuries of late. After her knee surgery in 2016, she has been striving hard to return to her peak form. She was World No. 1 for a few weeks in 2015.
Mar 31, 2019, 17:11 PM ISTIndia Open: Kidambi Srikanth seals spot in final, PV Sindhu crashes out
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had won the event in 2017, blew four game points in the opening game to go down fighting 21-23 18-21 to China's He Bingjiao.
Mar 30, 2019, 21:32 PM ISTIndia Open: Defending champion Zhang Beiwen battling fund crunch, lack of training
After a fallout with Singapore authorities, she adopted US nationality in 2013 and has been playing for that country in the international circuit ever since.
Mar 29, 2019, 15:59 PM ISTIndia Open: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth eye semi-final spots
Sindhu had earlier swept aside Hong Kong's Deng Joy Xuan 21-11, 21-13 to storm into the quarter-final of the women's singles event.
Mar 29, 2019, 15:40 PM ISTI'm scared of getting injured: Badminton star Ratchanok Inthanon
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) revamped its structure in 2018, making it compulsory for the world's top-15 players in the singles events and top-10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 out of 15 World Tour tournaments or face a penalty.
Mar 28, 2019, 16:25 PM ISTPV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth advance to India Open second round
Swiss Open finalist B Sai Praneeth recovered from a first-game reversal to outwit compatriot Kartikey Gulshan Kumar 22-24 21-13 21-8 to enter the second round.
Mar 27, 2019, 20:46 PM ISTLooking to break jinx of early round exits at India Open: Ashwini Ponnappa
The world number 23 pair of Ashwini and Sikki shocked world number 18 Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu 22-20, 21-19 to enter the women's doubles second round of India Open.
Mar 26, 2019, 19:59 PM ISTMary Kom targeting boxing gold as she prepares for 2020 Olympics
Even though the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is more than 15 months away, Mary Kom is already planning for the biggest event in sporting history.
Shiva Thapa, Mohammed Hussamuddin enter finals of Finland boxing tourney
Signing off with bronze medals after semifinal losses were Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and former youth world champion Sachin Siwach (52kg).
Mar 10, 2019, 10:17 AM ISTGaurav Solanki, Nikhat Zareen advance in Strandja Memorial Boxing
Solanki, also a gold-winner at India Open and the Chemistry Cup last year, will next be up against Kazakhstan's Anvar Muzaparov in the last-16 stage.
Feb 16, 2019, 13:12 PM ISTPV Sindhu finishes runner-up in India Open badminton
Defending champion PV Sindhu suffered a narrow defeat in a pulsating final against American Beiwen Zhang.
Feb 04, 2018, 20:09 PM IST