Saina Nehwal climbs up to 7th place, PV Sindhu at 10th in world ranking

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:35

The victory at the Syed Modi International tournament in Lucknow helped London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal to surge two places to reach the seventh position in the latest world badminton ranking, released in Kuala Lumpur here today.

Won`t let poor form affect me, focussed on future: Saina

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 15:46

Her confidence back after the India Grand Prix Gold triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal said the setbacks of an injury-marred last year are now firmly behind her.

Saina and Sindhu, India`s best players, to clash for title

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 22:32

A resurgent Saina Nehwal and fast rising PV Sindhu, country`s best women shuttlers, set up a summit clash against each other at the Indian Grand Prix Gold after emerging victorious in their respective semifinals, here Saturday.

Saina reaches finals of Syed Modi

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 19:19

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal reached her first finals in 15 months after the Indian ace packed off sixth seed Chinese Xuan Deng in a thrilling three-game women`s singles match of the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here Saturday.

Syed Modi GPG: Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, PV Sindhu reach pre-quarterfinals

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 10:13

Two-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion Parupalli Kashyap made a positive start to their campaign at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament, reaching the pre-quarterfinals of the women`s and men`s singles competition respectively, here today.

Malaysia Open: K Srikanth enters quarters; Saina, Sindhu bow out

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 22:32

K Srikanth continued his impressive run to enter the men`s singles quarterfinals, even as India`s campaign in the women`s singles came to an end after Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu lost their respective second round matches in contrasting styles in the USD 500,000 Malaysia Super Series Premier badminton event here toda

Saina Nehwal knocked out of Malaysian Open

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 19:00

Poor run continued for ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal as she was knocked out of the Malaysian Open by World No. 30 Xue Yao.

Saina Nehwal to skip few tournaments in 2014 to focus on fitness

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 18:21

After a disappointing year in which she failed to win a single title, suffered injuries and saw her world ranking taking a dip, star shuttler Saina Nehwal has decided to skip a few tournaments in the New Year and, instead, focus on fitness.

Sindhu too pulls out of Korea Open

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 17:38

After Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap, top shuttler P.V. Sindhu has pulled out of the season opening $600,000 Korea Open Super Series to be held in Seoul Jan 7-12.

Kashyap likely to skip Korea Open with injured shoulder

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 18:31

After Saina Nehwal, India’s leading male shuttler Parupalli Kashyap is also likely to skip the season opening $600,000 Korea Open Super Series in January due to a partially dislocated shoulder.

Saina Nehwal drops two places to World No. 8

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 18:42

Saina Nehwal’s poor form this season has also started showing in her rankings as the Olympic bronze medallist dropped two places to No.8 in the women’s singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thursday.

Saina wins but fails to qualify for semis in World Superseries Final

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 19:38

After two successive defeats, Saina Nehwal finally managed to post a hard-fought win over Yeon Ju Bae of Korea in her last Group B match but it was not good enough to ensure a semifinal berth for the Indian ace shuttler in the BWF World Superseries Finals here on friday.