Saina Nehwal News

Thailand Open: Kidambi Srikanth beat France's Brice Leverdez 18-21 21-10 21-16 in the men's singles first round match.

The postponement of the Asian Games has come as a ray of hope for London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal with the Badminton Association of India set to conduct another selection trials to pick the team for the continental championships, expected to be held next year.

Badminton Asia Championships: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal won her opening match but Lakshya Sen and B Sai Praneeth made first round exits on Wednesday.

Saina Nehwal's decision to skip the selection trials for the CWG and the Asian Games could well be the beginning of an end to what has been an illustrious journey in international badminton for more than a decade and half

Saina Nehwal was not happy with the Badminton Association of India's scheduling of trials for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games later this year.

Saina Nehwal's chances of defending her title at the Commonwealth Games looks bleak as she has decided to skip the selection trials for the upcoming multi-sport events

Swiss Open: defeated Mads Christophersen in straight games in the men's singles opening round, while Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy beat the All England champions.

The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Indian, who had reached the final here in 2015, will face the winner of the first round match between second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in the second round.

PV Sindhu will look to recover from her unexpected semi-final loss at the India Open and end her title drought at the Syed Modi International, which begins on Tuesday.

Malvika Bansod defeated Saina Nehwal 21-17, 21-9 in the second-round match which lasted for 35 minutes.