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Japan s Yamaguchi off to winning Olympic start in badminton women s singles Japan s Akane Yamaguchi made a winning start to the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, easing to a 2-0 victory over Pakistan s Mahoor Shahzad in the badminton women s singles event. The fourth-seeded Yamaguchi needed just 23 minutes to brush aside Shahzad 21-3, 21-8 in the Group L match at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, while compatriots Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino also got off on the right foot in the mixed doubles. Watanabe and Higashino overcame a shaky start to see off Denmark s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje in Group C. The 24-year-old Yamaguchi was naturally delighted with the win as she seeks to better her quarterfinal loss at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. ....
All England Open: Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag make winning starts; Srikanth outsted, Nehwal retires hurt World No 1 Kento Momota made a winning return to the BWF tour after an accident in January 2020 as he beat India’s P Kashyap in straight games. Updated Mar 18, 2021 · 08:59 am File image of PV Sindhu Reigning world champion PV Sindhu made an impressive start at the All England Badminton Championships along with promising doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the Super 1000 event got underway on Wednesday in Birmingham after hours of delay due to Covid-19 retesting. However, compatriots Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap suffered early exits after losing their respective opening round singles matches on Wednesday. ....
ALL ENGLAND 2021 Preview – Anomaly in the evolution narrative The All England tournament shall stoically carry on inside a stadium sans spectators while Britain cautiously embarks on easing its second COVID-19 lockdown. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, continues charting the evolution of the sport against the backdrop of troubled times. By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto Birmingham COVID-19 numbers for February 5th, 2021 As of the entry deadline for the 2021 All England, February 9, an athlete’s decision on whether to participate was informed by knowledge that 3328 confirmed new COVID-19 cases were detected in the preceding week for the city of Birmingham, where the venue is. Granted that was remarkably down from a scary weekly total of 1100 cases higher seven days prior. ....
Swiss Open: Sindhu suffers crushing defeat to Marin in final (Ld) By IANS | Published on Sun, Mar 7 2021 21:12 IST | 0 Views
BIRMINGHAM, March 18, 2018 (Xinhua) Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India returns the shuttlecock during the women s singles semi-final with Akane Yamaguchi of Japan at All England Open Badminton Championships 2018 in Birmingham, Britain on March 17, 20. Image Source: IANS News Basel, March 7 : Reigning badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu on Sunday crashed to a 12-21, 5-21 defeat to Spanish Olympic champion and world No. 3 Carolina Marin in the final of the Swiss Open Super 300 tournament. Sindhu, who came into the final without dropping a game, matched the Spaniard in the opening exchanges of the first game. Marin took a 2-0 lead early on after which Sindhu made it 2-2. However, after 6-6, Marin started putting distance between herself and her opponent. Sindhu kept her in her sights, however, and ....
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