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Great to see consistency from Sai Praneeth and also for winning with grit against a good opponent. Hopefully, he'll be our next top-10 men's player soon.
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What a win for Saina Nehwal. Didn't see this coming, she beat 2015 champion and world no.8 Ratchanok Inthanon 17-21, 21-18, 21-12. Saina is back
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This is Saina's favourite tournament. Hope she wins it for the 4th time.
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And when Saina wins (a major win), we get Sandeep so excited that he comes back. For this reason alone, Saina should win more
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Saina has a potential QF against TTY. The latter is a really bad matchup for Saina in good form so would be way too hard for the current one.
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Let's see. People sometimes have bad days and good days and cause random upsets.
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Srikanth beats Jorgensen. Good chance for him to reach the final here also.
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We have a separate thread for these series of tournaments. So, let us discuss it there -
Singapore Open / Indonesia Open Super Series 2017
Singapore Open / Indonesia Open Super Series 2017
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Given India's recent success in badminton, it may not be a bad idea to rank India's greatest players of all time. Maybe top 10 in men's singles and top 5 in women's singles and top 5 doubles pairs in each of the 3 doubles disciplines.
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Almost everyone is going to be an active player so too early for that imo.
I'll do a top 4 for MS and top 3 for WS. And 1 each for WD and XD. No one else has done enough to count yet and/or will break into the top 10 eventually.
MS
Prakash Padukone (WR #1, World championships bronze)
Srikanth Kidambi (WR #3, China SSP winner, Olympics QF)
Pullela Gopichand (WR #5, All England winner)
Parupalli Kashyap (WR #6, CWG gold medallist, Olympics QF)
WS
Saina Nehwal (WR #1, Olympics bronze, World championships silver, 10x SS wins)
PV Sindhu (WR #2, Olympics silver, World championships bronze x2)
Aparna Popat (WR #16, CWG silver)
WD
Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponappa (WR #10, World championships bronze, CWG gold)
XD
Jwala Gutta / V Diju (WR #6, SS Finals Silver)
I don't count players from the 50s and 60s when badminton was not even a sport.
I'll do a top 4 for MS and top 3 for WS. And 1 each for WD and XD. No one else has done enough to count yet and/or will break into the top 10 eventually.
MS
Prakash Padukone (WR #1, World championships bronze)
Srikanth Kidambi (WR #3, China SSP winner, Olympics QF)
Pullela Gopichand (WR #5, All England winner)
Parupalli Kashyap (WR #6, CWG gold medallist, Olympics QF)
WS
Saina Nehwal (WR #1, Olympics bronze, World championships silver, 10x SS wins)
PV Sindhu (WR #2, Olympics silver, World championships bronze x2)
Aparna Popat (WR #16, CWG silver)
WD
Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponappa (WR #10, World championships bronze, CWG gold)
XD
Jwala Gutta / V Diju (WR #6, SS Finals Silver)
I don't count players from the 50s and 60s when badminton was not even a sport.
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Sin Hombre wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:04 am Almost everyone is going to be an active player so too early for that imo.
I'll do a top 4 for MS and top 3 for WS. And 1 each for WD and XD. No one else has done enough to count yet and/or will break into the top 10 eventually.
MS
Prakash Padukone (WR #1, World championships bronze)
Srikanth Kidambi (WR #3, China SSP winner, Olympics QF)
Pullela Gopichand (WR #5, All England winner)
Parupalli Kashyap (WR #6, CWG gold medallist, Olympics QF)
WS
Saina Nehwal (WR #1, Olympics bronze, World championships silver, 10x SS wins)
PV Sindhu (WR #2, Olympics silver, World championships bronze x2)
Aparna Popat (WR #16, CWG silver)
WD
Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponappa (WR #10, World championships bronze, CWG gold)
XD
Jwala Gutta / V Diju (WR #6, SS Finals Silver)
I don't count players from the 50s and 60s when badminton was not even a sport.
How about Ami Ghia in women's singles former world no. 7?
In singles, I think both Sai Praneeth and Prannoy would make it among the greats once they are done with their careers. Also don't forget Chetan Anand, former world no. 11 who won 3 Grand Prix titles.
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Thanks Prasen. I want to be more regular but losing focus in between!!