Macau Open: Ashmita Chaliha enters semifinals with straight-game victory over Kim Min Sun

June 19, 2026 5:11 PM

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Macau Open: Ashmita Chaliha enters semifinals with straight-game victory over Kim Min Sun

In Badminton, India's Ashmita Chaliha stormed into the women's singles semifinals of the Macau Open in China today. Ashmita secured her place in the last four with a straight-game victory over South Korea's Kim Min Sun 21-16, 21-18 in the quarterfinals. She will next face South Korea's Park Ga-eun in the semifinals tomorrow. Earlier, Ashmita reached the quarterfinals after defeating USA's Ishika Jaiswal 22-20, 21-15 in the Round of 16. Meanwhile, India's Anmol Kharb bowed out of the tournament a...

Australian Open 2024: H.S. Prannoy, Sameer Verma enter quarterfinals 

June 13, 2024 6:48 PM

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Australian Open 2024: H.S. Prannoy, Sameer Verma enter quarterfinals 

Indian shuttlers H. S. Prannoy and Sameer Verma progressed to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with contrasting victories over their respective opponents in Sydney today.   Fifth seed Prannoy, took just 46 minutes to get the better of Misha Zilberman of Israel 21-17, 21-15 in the round of 16, however, Verma had to toil hard for one hour and two minutes to upset eighth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-14, 14-21, 21-19.   Prannoy will be up against second seed Kodai Nar...