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PV Sindhu: Unknown Facts About India's Flawless Shuttler
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Pusarla Venkata Sindhu poupularly known as PV Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian professional badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships.

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Is Lee Zii Jia the next badminton World No. 1?
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Malaysian star shuttler Lee Zii Jia is poised to be the next badminton World No. 1, after being ranked a career high of World No. 2 in the BWF World Rankings. The 24-year-old is currently behind top-ranked, defending Olympic and World Champion Victor Axelsen of Denmark. According to Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei, who held the top spot for 199 weeks from August 2008 to June 2012, Zii Jia can dethrone Axelsen with hard training, good planning, and injury avoidance.

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Rising star Unnati Hooda to lead India at the U-17 women’s singles
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Badminton General

As India gears up to participate at the Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Junior Championships 2022, it’s 36-member squad has come to light. This includes rising star and winner of the Odisha Open Unnati Hooda, who will participate in the U-17 women’s singles, together with teammates Anmol Kharg and Jiya Rawat. The 15-year-old Hooda recently qualified to the pre-quarterfinals at the BWF Junior World Championships.

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The best women’s doubles pairs of 2022
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As the year rolls to its end, here’s a look at the best badminton doubles partners in 2022:

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Is Unnati Hooda the successor to Saina and Sindhu?
Admin Posted 1 years ago

Badminton General

Sports analysts have long been hunting for the successor to Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, without much success. Among the possible candidates, youngster Unnati Hooda of Rohtak has left her mark with her fearless game and panache.

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HS Prannoy, on his return to the Top 10 in men’s badminton
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HS Prannoy, who asserted at the start of 2022 that he could be among the best players in the world, has provenhimself right by re-entering the top 10 in the men’s rankings, after an impressive victory-laden season. His first significant performance of the year was for the Thomas Cup, where he led India through the quarterfinal and semifinal.

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Satwik and Chirag: India’s dynamic duo
Admin Posted 1 years ago

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The badminton duo of SatwiksairajRankireddy and Chirag Shetty have had a dream year. Known for complementing each other, the level-headed Satwik has also compared his partnership with Chirag, who has a more aggressive style of play, to that of Federer and Nadal.

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Satwik-Chirag’s journey to the French Open win
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SatwiksairajRankireddy and Chirag Shetty recently won their biggest title yet, the French Open Super 750. This required them to overcome several hurdles along the way, that the World No. 8 ranked duo had failed to conquer earlier.

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Pay parity in Badminton
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Badminton General

Amid the fanfare surrounding the BCCI’s decision to ensure pay parity, it is important to remember that badminton had achieved it long ago.

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Indian shuttlers move up in BWF rankings
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India left an impressive mark in the latest BWF rankings with ace shuttlers PV Sindhu, who has won 2 Olympic medals, and HS Prannoy, who was a part of the Thomas Cup winning team, bagging higher rankings. While PV Sindhu ranked 5th in the women’s singles ranking, HS Prannoy ranked 12thin the men’s singles ranking.

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