P.V. Sindhu

Indian badminton star Ayush Shetty produced a stunning upset on home soil, knocking defending champion and world No. 1 Shi Yuqi out in the opening round of the World Badminton Championships in New Delhi. The 21-year-old Indian defeated the Chinese star 14-21, 21-13, 21-19 in a thrilling contest lasting one hour and 13 minutes. Shetty Delights Home Crowd Playing in his first World Championships, Shetty embraced the huge support from the crowd at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The 22nd-ranked Indian made a

TOKYO, July 23 - Tokyo's Musashino Forest Sport Plaza is a familiar venue for India's P.V. Sindhu - it's where she made it to the quarter-finals of the 2019 Japan Open, dancing to the deafening cheers and chants of spectators. But on Sunday, when the reigning women's singles world champion plays Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova, most of the seats at the stadium that can hold 7,200 people will be empty. "I'm going to miss the spectators, the crowd. The way the crowd motivates the