India Open Superseries

The number two seed Indian duo of Satwik-Chirag want to take this loss as inspiration to do well in the upcoming tournaments, including the Paris Olympics

Indian men's doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost yet another final as they went down to world champion Korean pair of Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae 21-15, 11-21 and 18-21

China's Shi Yu Qi beat Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu in straight sets 23-21, 21-17 to win his second India Open title in the men's singles category He first won in 2018 as a 21-year-old

Tai Tzu Ying beat Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China to clinch her maiden India Open title with a straight-sets win

Thailand pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai lifted their first-ever India Open title as they beat Chinese pair Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin

Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy on Thursday expressed his 'irritation' on facing fellow Indians in early stages of a competition after training against the same opponents, while admitting that not much can be done about it. In the first round of India Open Super 750, after Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat played against each other, Prannoy locked horns with Rajawat on Thursday. In fact, a lot of shuttlers from Japan, Chinese Taipei and China have faced each other in the ongoing tournament which has a draw of 32. "It's always tough to play at 750 level, you're getting a draw like this, where three Indians are in one quarter. It's a little irritating, to be honest," Prannoy said after he reached the quarterfinals here. "But that's how the draws are sometimes and you have to take it like that. This totally depends on tournament software. We have seen a lot of Chinese also playing the first two rounds." Last year Prannoy and Lakshya had faced each other in the early stages of Malaysi

India's top-seeded men's singles player HS Prannoy managed to fend off raging Rajawat in a three-setter while Satwik Chirag had an easy win in their Round of 16 game at India Open 2024

Kunlavut Vitidsar, Li Shi Feng and Jonathan Christie lost their matches against lower-ranked opponents in the men's singles draw of the India Open 2024

Satwik and Chirag were the only Indians to win on Day 2 of the India Open 2024 as the number two seed moved to the Round of 16 in the men's doubles competition

India Open 2024 HS Prannoy vs Priyanshu Rajawat Preview: The two players are differently built and a have huge experience gap. Who will outclass the other in an all-India affair?

The Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwani and Crasto had the crowd swooning to their tunes at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in Delhi but were unfortunate to lose a three-set thriller

India's Kidambi Srikanth lost to Hong Kong's LKee Cheuk Yiu in straight sets 24-22, 21-13, but not before showing some sparks of his brilliance

Priyanshu Rajawat beat Lakshya Sen in the first round of the India Open 2024. He will face HS Prannoy next with whom he has trained and calls him Bhaiya. He has eyes on a Paris Olympics berth as well

The chief coach of the Indian national team Pullela Gopichand discussed at length all the possibilities of the Indian shuttlers in the Olympic year and at the Indian Open 2024

Lakshya Sen, ranked 17th in the world received a dent in his chances of direct qualification to the Paris Olympics after he was beaten by world number 30, compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat

Lakshya Sen will be looking to get back into the top 16 of the Race to Paris rankings to qualify directly for the Paris Olympics 2024 with a great showing at India Open 2024

Kunlavut Vitidsarn is the defending champion of the India Open Super 750 tournament. He won the title in 2023 and is back to defend it. India Open 2024 starts on Tuesday, January 16 in New Delhi

India Open is the premier badminton tournament in the country, placed in the Super 750 category. It will begin on January 16 with Round of 32 and will be live-streamed on Jiocinema

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are "more hungry" after a runner-up finish at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 and would look to go one better at next week's India Open as they aim to claim their first silverware of the new season. The Indian pair's dream run at the Malaysia Open ended with a narrow 21-9 18-21 17-21 loss in the men's doubles final to world No. 1 Chinese Liang Wei keng and Wang Chang here on Sunday. The Asian Games gold medallists will be one of the top contenders for the India Open Super 750 crown beginning on Tuesday at the IG Stadium in New Delhi. "We want to do well in our home country next week, so we don't want to relax with this, we are more hungry and next week also we want to do well in front our home crowd," Satwik said after finishing second best at the first event of the year. Chirag added: "We obviously could have played a lot better towards the end. I think what's important is to look at the positives also, we have played some good badminton here

The race to Paris will decide the participants for the Paris Olympics Badminton tournament. India's HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen in men's singles could qualify directly