The Indian women's team on Sunday scripted a historic title win at the Badminton Asia Team Championships with a tight 3-2 victory over Thailand in Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Indian women shuttlers' dream run continued as they progressed to their first-ever final at the Badminton Asia Team Championships after edging out two-time former champions Japan 3-2 in a thrilling semifinal on Saturday.
Indian women, who had upset China on Tuesday to top Group W, capitalised on a favourable quarter-final draw with two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu once again leading the charge.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached their second successive semifinal at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Tanisha, 20, and 23-year-old Dhruv dished out a gallant fight to recover from 0-1 to outwit Hee and 17-21 21-19 23-21 in an hour and 14 minutes.
Riding on their remarkable run in the last two weeks, Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto climbed four places to reach world number 24 in the latest BWF ranking
Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa on Sunday secured their second Super 100 title with a straight game win at the Guwahati Masters in Guwahati.
Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto produced a valiant fight before going down in a thrilling three-game women's doubles final at the Syed Modi International
Asian Games bound Lakshya Sen withdrew from the tournament due to slight strain in his back.
India were knocked out of the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament after going down meekly to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships