Jie Chen

German Open Grand Prix Gold champion Arvind Bhat upset third seed Chun Seang Tan 22-20, 9-21, 21-18 in the quarterfinals of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix in Auckland.

Lakshya Sen and Tanishq Mamilla Palli claimed the men's and women's titles respectively in the SATS India International Series Badminton Tournament at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy here on Sunday.

Sourabh Varma and Arvind Bhat advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix in Auckland on Wednesday.

Shuttler Lakshya Sen and Kuhoo Garg from Uttarakhand have brought laurels for the state after winning gold and silver respectively in the India International Series Badminton Championship at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad

Arvind Bhat of India crashed out of the New Zealand Open after suffering a straight-game defeat to top seed Jen Hao Hsu of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals.

A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at least two Uyghurs, in what may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called "black site" beyond its borders.

German Open winner Arvind Bhat and Malaysia Open finalist Sourabh Varma advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of New Zealand Open with straight-game victories in the men's singles.

Extending his dominant run in the tournament fourth seed Lakshya Sen knocked out top seed Abhishek Yelegar in 23-21, 21-14 in the men's singles semifinals of the SATS India International Series at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy on Saturday.

Fresh from his semifinal appearance in New Zealand and in the absence of the top guns, B Sai Praneeth will lead the Indian challenge at the Australian Open HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300, starting on Wednesday.

Indian shuttlers started on a positive note at the Australian Open with second seed B Sai Praneeth and fourth seed Sameer Verma progressing to the second round of the men's singles event on Wednesday.

Eighth-seeded Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and qualifier Riya Mukherjee, both from India, will contest the women's singles final of the $20,000 Tata Open India International Badminton Challenge on Sunday.