Indian males’s singles gamers had been drawn collectively in the identical quarter with Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy within the Yonex Sunrise India Open badminton match to be held from January 17 to 22.
Former world champion and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will tackle her earlier version nemesis Supanida Katethong within the opening spherical of the BWF World Tour occasion, which has been upgraded to the Super 750 class this 12 months.
Defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will open their marketing campaign in males’s doubles in opposition to No. 1 seeds Jeppe Bey and Lasse Molhede of Denmark. 31 on the earth.
The fifth-seeded pair will goal a possible quarter-final conflict in opposition to prime seeds Takuro Hoki and Japan’s Yugo Kobayashi, which would be the first main hurdle of their title defence.
The trio of Srikanth, Prannoy and Sen will propel India’s hopes within the match however a draw might see anybody cross the final eight barrier, which incorporates reigning world and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen, China’s Shi Yu Qi and Japan’s Kento. Momota is included.
Defending champion Sen will open his marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot Prannoy and the match-winner is prone to run into Momota, who’s seeking to make a comeback in 2023 after struggling for kind this 12 months.
With a potential conflict in opposition to Shi, former champion Srikanth should overcome an early problem from prime seed Axelsen, who has made a robust comeback after practically 10 months on the sidelines.
Among others, fifth seed Sindhu faces Kathethong in a repeat of the semi-final conflict of the earlier version, which the Indian misplaced in three video games.
The former world champion, who has been out of motion for the reason that Commonwealth Games in August with a heel damage, might face Chen Yufei in a potential quarterfinal. Former world no. No.1 Saina Nehwal, who had a forgettable season with accidents, will open her marketing campaign in opposition to Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark.
Bansod, Kashyap received an opportunity to make a mark
,
Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap managed to keep away from a top-10 opponent within the opening spherical of their first look on the Super 750 degree.
World no. 30 Bansod will face Thailand’s world no. 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan, whereas Kashyap, world no. 32, former India Open champion and world no. Beiwen Zhang of USA is ranked twenty sixth within the first spherical.
In males’s doubles, world no. 21 MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will tackle sixth seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen of Denmark within the opening spherical, whereas Krishna Prasad G and Vishnuvardhan Goud P will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Ruben Zille and Tise van der Leck of the Netherlands.
In ladies’s doubles, All England semi-finalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela will tackle Margot Lambert and Anne Tran of France within the opening spherical, whereas Ashwini Bhat Okay and Shikha Gautam will tackle eighth seeds Pearly Tan and Thinah Muralitharan of Malaysia.
India’s lone combined doubles entry, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Castro will face Netherlands’ Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
