ORLEANS, (France), Apr 3: India’s Mithun Manjunath made it to his maiden Super 100 final with a straight-game win over Indonesia’s Christian Adinata at the Orleans Masters badminton tournament here. The 23-year-old, a product of the Prakash Padukone Badminton academy, Manjunath prevailed 21-18 21-14 over Adinata in a 47-minute showdown at the Palais des Sports here late on Saturday night. The world No. 79, who had reached the semi-finals of Syed Modi International Super 300 event and quarterfinals of Odisha […]
, April 3 (IANS) Indian shuttler Mithun Manjunath progressed to the final of the Orleans Masters 2022 men s singles event after beating Indonesia s Christian Adinata, here.Mithun, ranked world No 79, overcame his 189th-ranked opponent 21-18, .
Badminton: As Olympic qualification period restarts, Indian shuttlers need good run at Swiss Open
The pressure to amass points in the Race to Tokyo rankings will be on for some of the shuttlers who still stand a chance to earn quota places. PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Srikanth, Satwiksairaj-Chirag | AFP/Reuters
Reigning world champion PV Sindhu will be eager to return to the podium while former winner Saina Nehwal seeks a return to form in the official season-opening event Swiss Open Super 300 tournament beginning on Tuesday.
Indian men’s singles players, too, have tasted success in this tournament with Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth emerging victorious in 2018, 2016 and 2015 respectively and B Sai Praneeth finishing runners-up in the last edition.