JAKARTA, Jun 6: Star badminton couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap, along with India’s recent Thomas Cup hero HS Prannoy, made late pullouts from the Indonesian Open Super Series 500 event beginning here on Tuesday. India’s first Olympic medal-winning shuttler Saina has decided to skip citing workload management, while Kashyap is yet to regain fitness after recovering from an hamstring injury. “I had injured my hamstring just before the selection trials and that took seven weeks to heal, then I […]
In Saina, Parupalli's absence, Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu would be in focus as they look to hit top gear in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games, starting July 28.
The continental championships is returning after a gap of two years and Indian shuttlers will be hoping for a good show ahead of Asian Games scheduled later.