The season's first Super 1000 World Tour tournament is the last event before the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) suspension of all World Tour and sanctioned tournaments
PV Sindhu squandered a sparkling start as Nozomi Okuhara produced a rearguard action to outwit the Indian 12-21 21-15 21-13 in a 68-minute last-eight encounter of All England Badminton Championships
Kiren Rijiju said that Indian players who had taken part in competitions held at the 'seven notified countries,' as well as athletes from those nations coming for events in India, will have to be compulsorily quarantined
Lakshay Sen went down to world number seven Victor Axelsen 17-21 18-21 in a hard-fought All England Championships second-round battle
PV Sindhu will now clash with Korean Sung Ji Hyun for a place in the quarterfinals of the All England Badminton
While PV Sindhu, who is almost assured of an Olympic berth, will look to end India's nearly two-decade-old title jinx at the All England Championship
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the international calendar of various sports across the globe and the concerns over the rapid spread of the deadly virus has already forced the postponement of the four Olympic badminton qualifying events so far
A former finalist, Saina couldn't find answers to the deceptive strokeplay of the World No 1 Taiwanese, going down 15-21 19-21 in the 37 minutes
Sindhu, who was beaten by Sung Ji twice in last three meetings, lost 16-21, 22-20, 18-21 despite saving as many as eight match points
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