was withdrawn from the doubles tournament, where he was into the third round with fellow Italian Simone Bolelli. Why the Malaysians love Kidambi Srikanth, and other sights and sounds from World Badminton Championships. She was broken three times and her 38 winners just offset 33 unforced errors. It’s 20 years since Peter Rasmussen won the world title defeating an Asian in this very city. However, Hockey India termed these achievements ‘more incidental than deliberate. she been beaten on Arthur Ashe Stadium but instead moved another step closer to a first career grand slam title. But they started out with rolling out massive posters of the established faces from many years. Under him, India won a silver medal at the Champions Trophy last year for the first time in over thr. 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. No 1 Son Wan Ho, the non-Chinese ones offer their commiserations: “Lin Dan and Chen Long would’ve been worried about him.