Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Image credit: NEW DELHI: There is a certain inevitability in the way Kunlavut Vitidsarn wins his matches. Points are rarely rushed. Games are rarely short. Opponents are rarely allowed to escape without being dragged into long rallies that test lungs, legs and patience.On the field, the Thai shuttler has a calm, almost monk-like […]
NEW DELHI: The India Open Super 750 is no longer a celebration of world-class badminton. Instead, it has become a daily case study in administrative failure. Not a single day of the major BWF World Tour event at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium has passed without controversy. On Saturday the tournament plummeted to a new […]
Jonatan Christie (Image credit: BAI) NEW DELHI: Jonatan Christie not only defeated Loh Kean Yew, he outsmarted him. In a match decided as much by grit as skill, the Indonesian mixed patience with precision and icy temperament to derail the in-form former world champion and storm into the men’s singles final of the India Open […]