All England C'ship: Sindhu, Saina aim to end 18-year-old losing streak

Sindhu and Saina's mentor and current chief national coach P Gopichand was the last Indian to win the championship back in 2001.

Saina, Sumeeth begin with wins

The 28-year-old from Hyderabad will next face another Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani, against whom she has a 4-0 head-to-head record.

Saina recovered from a first-game loss to secure a 7-21 21-16 21-11 win over local hope Dinar Dyah Ayustine, ranked 50th.

Shraddha took to social media to sharing the first look of the film, wearing her badminton attire and captioned it #SAINA.

The CWG gold that came after an epic clash with Sindhu in the finals was a in fact tribute to her determination.

Glad things went as planned for us says Parupalli Kashyap who says the two will focus on their game ahead.

Sportswomen are displaying guts in taking on selectors and officials if injustice is done to them in selection.

Third seed Sameer beat China’s Zhao Junpeng 22-20, 21-17 and will meet China’s Zhou Zeqi.

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy cras-hed out in the mixed doubles opening round 14-21, 11-21 to China’s Ren Xian-gyu and Zhou Chaomin.

Usha Nehwal adds, “I am sure that Shraddha will play my daughter well. She is a very nice child.”