In women’s doubles, Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenhalli and Trisha Hegde and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker crashed out of the tournament. ear after her bruised knee gave her immense pain, the 27-year-old got going after promising to play ‘smart badminton. She was also undone by the tall Czech’s biggest weapon – her powerful serve. This is the most times any driver has won pole in Formula One history. The radios are buzzing with the Glasgow club’s demolition of Kazakh side Astana and the World Championships week straddles the away leg which doesn’t end too bad at all. Although the 25-year-old has not spoken publicly after failing to secure his desired move. so that their names are uttered perfectly at next month’s Japan Open and in the lead-up to Tokyo. SLAMS FOR SMASHES Badminton is keen on getting its circuit jazzed up, and though everything’s going quite smooth if you ask us, the sport wants to create tennis like Grand Slams. George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. It’s not a particularly adored venue by badminton fans owing to its inaccessibility, and inability of the capital to fill up the stadium.