NEW DELHI: An epic Thomas Cup victory broke the glass ceiling whilst exceptional luck got here on the Commonwealth Games as India took large steps against turning into a badminton powerhouse in 2022.
In a yr of breathless motion, PV Sindhu‘s grit, Lakshya Sen’s exuberance and dogged choice of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally ended in six person titles at the bwf Tour.
Double Olympic medalist Sindhu persisted to excel with 3 titles — Syed Modi International, Swiss Open Super 350 and Singapore Open Super 500 — and capped the yr with an elusive gold in Birmingham. CWG earlier than spending the remainder of the season nursing an ankle harm.
But it was once now not simply Sindhu’s sensational display that outlined Indian badminton this yr as the boys’s avid gamers produced a sequence of gut-wrenching performances not to simplest succeed in person glory but in addition destroy the hegemony of China and Indonesia on the Thomas Cup in Bangkok.
If Sen secured his maiden Super 500 name and in addition bagged the CWG gold but even so two ultimate finishes, Satwik And Chirag made it their maximum a hit yr ever with two World Tour titles, CWG gold and a first-ever global championship bronze.
While Sen and Satwik-Chirag started the yr with titles on the Indian Open Super 500, the 21-year-old from Almora went directly to grow to be the primary Indian guy after Pullela Gopichand to achieve the finals of the All England Championships after every other ultimate end at German Open.
However, the real second of glory got here a couple of months later in May when a bunch of fellows, led through HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, scripted an awe-inspiring run on the Thomas Cup — the arena’s maximum prestigious staff match — in Bangkok to go back with first-ever gold.
If Srikanth displayed his ‘icy-cool’ demeanor en direction to 6 successive wins, Prannoy fought in the course of the ache of a twisted ankle because the duo impressed the gang to a historical triumph.
Sen got here just right within the finals, whilst Satwik-Chirag additionally produced lion-hearted performances to play a pivotal function within the memorable win.
The birthday party of this historical feat was once now not but over when Indian shuttlers scripted but every other jaw-dropping display in Birmingham, returning with six medals, together with 3 golds, a silver and two bronze medals in August.
While Sindhu after all captured the gold medal, Sen and Satwik-Chirag too scooped up the yellow metals of their first and moment makes an attempt respectively in what continues to be the early phases in their careers.
Srikanth, a gold medalist in 2018, could not pass the entire manner this time and controlled a bronze, whilst the ladies’s doubles pairing of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly claimed a maiden bronze however India neglected the gold within the blended staff festival and settled for silver.
Satwik-Chirag persisted to jump upper in the second one part as they accomplished every other milestone, turning into the primary Indian males’s pair to win a bronze medal on the World Championships in Tokyo.
The duo scripted every other creditable display in Paris once they secured their maiden tremendous 750 name at French Open, once more the primary Indian pair to take action.
The yr was once additionally a a hit one for Prannoy, who emerged as probably the most constant Indian participant within the circuit with seven quarterfinals, two semifinals and a runner-up end on the Swiss Open.
Even regardless that a name eluded him, Prannoy’s constant run noticed him qualify for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and in addition earn him a nomination for the BWF Player of the yr award.
The 30-year-old from Kerala completed within the team degree in Bangkok however now not earlier than shocking global primary and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in his ultimate fit.
The junior Indian avid gamers additionally hogged the limelight with Sankar Muthuswamy securing a silver medal on the World Junior Championships and in addition was the arena primary within the boys’ singles.
Tasnim Mir additionally accomplished the numero uno standing in BWF ladies’ singles ratings all over the yr.
Unnati Hooda additionally confirmed early indicators of her prowess with a BWF name on the age of 14 when she claimed the Odisha Open in January.
Hooda additionally completed second-best on the India Junior International Grand Prix in September, earlier than turning into the primary Indian to win a silver medal within the girls’s singles on the U-17 match on the Asia Junior Championships in Thailand.
The para shuttlers have been additionally now not a ways in the back of as reigning Paralympic gold medallist. Pramod Bhagat secured his fourth gold in singles on the World Championships, which additionally noticed the emergence of Manisha Ramadass as she claimed the highest prize in girls’s singles.
With the Olympic qualification race starting, 2023 is prone to see extra fireworks from the Indian stars as they struggle to make the reduce for the Paris Games.
In a yr of breathless motion, PV Sindhu‘s grit, Lakshya Sen’s exuberance and dogged choice of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally ended in six person titles at the bwf Tour.
Double Olympic medalist Sindhu persisted to excel with 3 titles — Syed Modi International, Swiss Open Super 350 and Singapore Open Super 500 — and capped the yr with an elusive gold in Birmingham. CWG earlier than spending the remainder of the season nursing an ankle harm.
But it was once now not simply Sindhu’s sensational display that outlined Indian badminton this yr as the boys’s avid gamers produced a sequence of gut-wrenching performances not to simplest succeed in person glory but in addition destroy the hegemony of China and Indonesia on the Thomas Cup in Bangkok.
If Sen secured his maiden Super 500 name and in addition bagged the CWG gold but even so two ultimate finishes, Satwik And Chirag made it their maximum a hit yr ever with two World Tour titles, CWG gold and a first-ever global championship bronze.
While Sen and Satwik-Chirag started the yr with titles on the Indian Open Super 500, the 21-year-old from Almora went directly to grow to be the primary Indian guy after Pullela Gopichand to achieve the finals of the All England Championships after every other ultimate end at German Open.
However, the real second of glory got here a couple of months later in May when a bunch of fellows, led through HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, scripted an awe-inspiring run on the Thomas Cup — the arena’s maximum prestigious staff match — in Bangkok to go back with first-ever gold.
If Srikanth displayed his ‘icy-cool’ demeanor en direction to 6 successive wins, Prannoy fought in the course of the ache of a twisted ankle because the duo impressed the gang to a historical triumph.
Sen got here just right within the finals, whilst Satwik-Chirag additionally produced lion-hearted performances to play a pivotal function within the memorable win.
The birthday party of this historical feat was once now not but over when Indian shuttlers scripted but every other jaw-dropping display in Birmingham, returning with six medals, together with 3 golds, a silver and two bronze medals in August.
While Sindhu after all captured the gold medal, Sen and Satwik-Chirag too scooped up the yellow metals of their first and moment makes an attempt respectively in what continues to be the early phases in their careers.
Srikanth, a gold medalist in 2018, could not pass the entire manner this time and controlled a bronze, whilst the ladies’s doubles pairing of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly claimed a maiden bronze however India neglected the gold within the blended staff festival and settled for silver.
Satwik-Chirag persisted to jump upper in the second one part as they accomplished every other milestone, turning into the primary Indian males’s pair to win a bronze medal on the World Championships in Tokyo.
The duo scripted every other creditable display in Paris once they secured their maiden tremendous 750 name at French Open, once more the primary Indian pair to take action.
The yr was once additionally a a hit one for Prannoy, who emerged as probably the most constant Indian participant within the circuit with seven quarterfinals, two semifinals and a runner-up end on the Swiss Open.
Even regardless that a name eluded him, Prannoy’s constant run noticed him qualify for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and in addition earn him a nomination for the BWF Player of the yr award.
The 30-year-old from Kerala completed within the team degree in Bangkok however now not earlier than shocking global primary and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in his ultimate fit.
The junior Indian avid gamers additionally hogged the limelight with Sankar Muthuswamy securing a silver medal on the World Junior Championships and in addition was the arena primary within the boys’ singles.
Tasnim Mir additionally accomplished the numero uno standing in BWF ladies’ singles ratings all over the yr.
Unnati Hooda additionally confirmed early indicators of her prowess with a BWF name on the age of 14 when she claimed the Odisha Open in January.
Hooda additionally completed second-best on the India Junior International Grand Prix in September, earlier than turning into the primary Indian to win a silver medal within the girls’s singles on the U-17 match on the Asia Junior Championships in Thailand.
The para shuttlers have been additionally now not a ways in the back of as reigning Paralympic gold medallist. Pramod Bhagat secured his fourth gold in singles on the World Championships, which additionally noticed the emergence of Manisha Ramadass as she claimed the highest prize in girls’s singles.
With the Olympic qualification race starting, 2023 is prone to see extra fireworks from the Indian stars as they struggle to make the reduce for the Paris Games.