P.v. Sindhu

The Indian eighth seed Prannoy overcame two-time Olympic champion Dan in 60 minutes.

Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth registered contrasting victories in their respective opening round singles matches at the Badminton Asia Championships at the Wuhan Sports Centre on Wednesday.

P.V. Sindhu was the flag-bearer of Indian badminton in the year 2016, as she became a household name in India since that August evening in Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she kept the Indian Tricolour aloft with the a silver medal which is prized above every other trophy in her cabinet.

Telangana government will give a cash prize of Rs 1 crore to India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu for winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics.

Saina Nehwal has reached the women's singles final at the Malaysia Open thrice previously and will try to better her record this time around.

Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu started their campaigns with spectacular wins in the women singles of the India Open World Badminton Super Series at the Siri Fort Sports Complex on Wednesday.

PV Sindhu is just back after playing her first-ever Super Series final while Saina Nehwal is the world No. 1.

PV Sindhu, a two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, will next face China's Wang Yihan.

P.V. Sindhu is the only Indian to have won a medal twice at BWF World Badminton Championships. She had won bronze in 2013 and 2014.

Kidambi Srikanth and the pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made winning starts while P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out.

Saina Nehwal had recently become the first Indian to reach No. 1 but has now slipped to second spot according to the latest ranking. P.V. Sindhu meanwhile, has maintained her 9th spot.

The 19-year-old Sindhu along with four others -- hockey players Saba Anjum and Sardar Singh, cricketer Mithali Raj and amputee mountain climber Arunima Sinha -- were Sunday named by the Indian government as the five sportspersons who would be the recipients of the Padma Shri.

While P.V. Sindhu lost 19-21, 21-13, 8-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, Ajay Jayaram went down 21-10, 17-21, 16-21 to South Korea's Jeon Hyeok Jin.

While P.V. Sindhu reached the women's singles quarter-finals, Parupalli Kashyap entered the men's singles pre-quarterfinals.

Back-to-back quarter-final appearances at Denmark and French Open this month helped Saina Nehwal re-enter the top-5 in the world. Meanwhile, compatriot P.V. Sindhu retained her No.10 position.

The Indian eighth seed Prannoy overcame two-time Olympic champion Dan in 60 minutes.

Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth registered contrasting victories in their respective opening round singles matches at the Badminton Asia Championships at the Wuhan Sports Centre on Wednesday.

P.V. Sindhu was the flag-bearer of Indian badminton in the year 2016, as she became a household name in India since that August evening in Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she kept the Indian Tricolour aloft with the a silver medal which is prized above every other trophy in her cabinet.

Telangana government will give a cash prize of Rs 1 crore to India's star shuttler P.V. Sindhu for winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics.

Saina Nehwal has reached the women's singles final at the Malaysia Open thrice previously and will try to better her record this time around.

Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu started their campaigns with spectacular wins in the women singles of the India Open World Badminton Super Series at the Siri Fort Sports Complex on Wednesday.

PV Sindhu is just back after playing her first-ever Super Series final while Saina Nehwal is the world No. 1.

PV Sindhu, a two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, will next face China's Wang Yihan.

P.V. Sindhu is the only Indian to have won a medal twice at BWF World Badminton Championships. She had won bronze in 2013 and 2014.

Kidambi Srikanth and the pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made winning starts while P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out.

Saina Nehwal had recently become the first Indian to reach No. 1 but has now slipped to second spot according to the latest ranking. P.V. Sindhu meanwhile, has maintained her 9th spot.

The 19-year-old Sindhu along with four others -- hockey players Saba Anjum and Sardar Singh, cricketer Mithali Raj and amputee mountain climber Arunima Sinha -- were Sunday named by the Indian government as the five sportspersons who would be the recipients of the Padma Shri.

While P.V. Sindhu lost 19-21, 21-13, 8-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, Ajay Jayaram went down 21-10, 17-21, 16-21 to South Korea's Jeon Hyeok Jin.

While P.V. Sindhu reached the women's singles quarter-finals, Parupalli Kashyap entered the men's singles pre-quarterfinals.

Back-to-back quarter-final appearances at Denmark and French Open this month helped Saina Nehwal re-enter the top-5 in the world. Meanwhile, compatriot P.V. Sindhu retained her No.10 position.