Sindhu quells stiff challenge
silver medallist P V Sindhu staved off a stiff challenge from 2016 All England champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to make a positive start to her campaign at the Singapore Open here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, who had clinched her maiden India Open Super Series title earlier this month, fought back from a game down to eke out a 10-21, 21-15, 22-20 win in the opening round of a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and two minutes here.
The fifth seeded Indian will now take on Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani in the next round.
Runners-up at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January, B Sai Praneeth also dished out a gritty performance to prevail 17-21 21-7 21-19 over Denmark’s Emil Holst.
The Indian will clash with China’s Qiao Bin tomorrow
BAI CHIEF DAS GUPTA NO MORE
Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away on Wednesday morning following a massive heart-attack, plunging the sports fraternity in sorrow.
Gupta 56 was a veteran whose reign Indian badminton got global recognition and med als in the Olympics, with the likes of Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, among others, bringing laurels to the country at the big gest stage.
Besides being a Rajya Sabha MP, Gupta was also the vice president of the Indian Olympic