Indian males’s singles gamers had been handed a tricky draw with Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy — all clubbed collectively in the identical quarter on the Yonex Dawn India Open badminton match, scheduled to be held from January 17 to 22.
Former world champion and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will face her final version’s nemesis Supanida Katethong within the opening spherical of the BWF World Tour occasion, which has been upgraded to Tremendous 750 class this 12 months.
Reigning champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will, in the meantime, start their males’s doubles marketing campaign in opposition to Denmark’s Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede, ranked no. 31 on the earth.
The fifth seeded duo would goal a possible quarterfinal conflict in opposition to prime seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan, in what could be the primary main hurdle of their title defence.
The trio of Srikanth, Prannoy and Sen will carry India’s hopes within the match however given the draw just one can cross the final eight hurdle, which incorporates reigning World and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen, China’s Shi Yu Qi and Japan’s Kento Momota.
Defending champion Sen will start his marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot Prannoy and the winner of the match is prone to run into Momota, who’s seeking to return in 2023 after struggling for kind this 12 months.
Former champion Srikanth has to beat the problem of prime seed Axelsen within the opening spherical with a possible conflict in opposition to Shi, who has made a robust comeback after being out of motion for nearly 10 months.
Amongst others, fifth seed Sindhu faces Kathethong within the repeat of final version’s semi-final conflict, which the Indian misplaced in three video games.
The previous world champion, who has been out of motion because of a heel damage for the reason that Commonwealth Video games in August, has a possible quarterfinal conflict in opposition to Chen Yufei. Former world no. 1 Saina Nehwal, who had a forgettable season with accidents, will kick off her marketing campaign in opposition to Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt.
Bansod, Kashyap get an opportunity to make a mark
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Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap have managed to keep away from a top-10 opponent within the opening spherical of what’s going to be their first look on the Tremendous 750 degree.
World no. 30 Bansod will tackle Thailand’s world no. 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan, whereas Kashyap, world no. 32, meets former India Open champion and world no. 26 Beiwen Zhang of USA within the opening spherical.
In males’s doubles, world no. 21 MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will face sixth seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen of Denmark within the opening spherical, whereas Krishna Prasad G and Vishnuvardhan Goud P start their marketing campaign in opposition to Netherlands’ Ruben Jille and Ties Van Der Lecq.
In ladies’s doubles, All England semi-finalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela will face France’s Margot Lambert and Anne Tran within the opening spherical, whereas Ashwini Bhat Ok and Shikha Gautam will open in opposition to eighth seeds Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia.
India’s solely entry in blended doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Castro will face Netherlands’ Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek.