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An oral history: Riga s FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2020 title moments in their own words
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - There was no better way to cap off this more unusual 3x3 season than with a Tissot Buzzer beater and a new champion.
Riga (LAT), winners of three 2020 World Tour events, including the Jeddah World Tour Final, had to overcome obstacles both on and off the court to take the title back to Latvia.
Here is the story of their 2020 World Tour Finals conquest as told by their dynamic foursome of Edgars Krumins, Karlis Lasmanis, Nauris Miezis, and Agnis Cavars.
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World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu loses to world number one Tai Tzu-Ying DN Bureau
2021-01-27 17:59:38 Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday came up short in her first group-stage match in the World Tour Finals against Taiwan s world number one Tai Tzu-Ying.
PV Sindhu
Bangkok: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Tuesday came up short in her first group-stage match in the World Tour Finals against Taiwan s world number one Tai Tzu-Ying.
Tzu-Ying defeated Sindhu 19-21, 21-12, 21-17 to gain some winning momentum ahead of her next match. The 25-year-old Sindhu won the first game 21-19, and it was a hard-fought contest as both participants went back and forth, but in the end, the Indian shuttler won the first game to gain a slight advantage.
Sindhu s slump, Satwik s rise, Srikanth s promise: What we learned from two weeks in Thailand
PV Sindhu suffered a tame defeat against Ratchanok Intanon.
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After a slow start at the Yonex Thailand Open, some of India s best badminton players put in impressive displays at the Toyota Thailand Open. While India s wait for a World Tour 1000 title continues, there were some players who stood out. Here are the marks out of ten (only players who won a minimum of one match have been marked):
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: 9.5
Toyota Thailand Open: Semi final (men s doubles), semi final (mixed doubles)
At just 20, Rankireddy became the first Indian player in history to make the semis in two categories at a World Tour 1000 event at the Toyota Thailand Open.
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Most memorable stats of FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2020
JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) - Itâs been a memorable return to the 3x3 court this season, with four Masters events and the World Tour Final in Jeddah. Letâs take a statistical look back at the year and whose numbers jumped off the page.
Leading Scorer (136 pts): Karlis Lasmanis (Riga)
In order to win a World Tour title, you need a player like Karlis Lasmanis who can fill the score sheet from all levels of the floor.
âBatmanâ was able to finish top-5 in 1-pointers, 2-pointers, and free throws made, in 22 games of action.