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Why Prakash Padukone’s All England title in 1980 was the crowning moment of a glorious career
Book excerpt from ‘The Gopichand Factor: The Rise and Rise of Indian Badminton’ on the history of the sport in India. Prakash Padukone during an interview with Scroll.in s Smitha Nair | Scroll.in photograph
The undoubted Indian badminton superstar of the last century was Prakash Padukone.
Padukone wasn’t really the first men’s badminton player from India to dominate the domestic circuit or make a mark on the international scene. But he was definitely the most successful and had an affable personality that made him the darling of the entire nation.
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.