India’s Commonwealth Games Gold medalists PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen could have their activity reduce out on the BWF World Championships, beginning August 21 in Tokyo. In what’s the largest prize of the 12 months in badminton, Indian shuttlers must step up and ship to face an opportunity of ending on the rostrum.
PV Sindhu, who will return to the town the place she gained her 2nd Olympic medal final 12 months, is projected to face World No. 3 An Se Young within the quarter-finals. Sindhu, who gained the ladies’s singles Gold on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, has not managed to beat the South Korean sensation in 5 conferences on the tour.
Sindhu has misplaced to An twice this 12 months, which features a straight-game defeat within the group stage of Uber Cup in May. in actual fact, Sindhu has not managed to take a recreation towards An in any of their 5 conferences.
SINDHU TO FACE AN TEST
Sindhu, who will obtain a first-round bye, will open her marketing campaign towards Qi Xuefei and China’s Han Yue within the second spherical. Sindhu will look to take confidence from the successful run in Birmingham as she targets a 2nd world title after having misplaced within the quarter-final to Tai Tzu Ying final 12 months.
If Sindhu will get previous the An check within the quarter-finals, she has projected to arrange a semi-final conflict with high seed Akane Yamaguchi. Also in Sindhu’s half of the draw is Rio Olympics Gold medalist Carolina Marin, who has been seeded No. 5 within the ladies’s singles subject. The famous person shuttler from Spain, who missed the Tokyo Games as a result of an ACL damage, returned to motion on the European Championships earlier this 12 months and competed in Malaysia Open and the Indonesia Open.
Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal, who was not in a position to defend her title at Commonwealth Games, will probably be seeking to make an announcement in Tokyo. However, the London Olympic bronze medalist will open her marketing campaign towards Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.
However, the going will get more durable for Saina as she is projected to face sixth seed Nozomi Okuhara within the second spherical.
LAKSHYA, SRIKANTH AND PRANNOY IN SAME QUARTER
On the opposite hand, Meanwhile, 2019 World Championships bronze medalist Sai Praneeth will probably be up towards 4th seed Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan in a troublesome opening-round battle.
twelfth seed Kidambi Srikanth, who gained silver medal in Huelva final 12 months, will face Nhat Ngugen in his opening spherical and is projected to face fifth seed Lee Zii Jia within the Round of 16. Notably, the Malaysian star took a break from the Commonwealth Games to handle his workload forward of the World Championships.
On the opposite hand, ninth seed Lakshya Sen, the highest-ranked Indian shuttler within the males’s singles draw, will open his marketing campaign towards Hans Kristan Solberg.
HS Prannoy, who has been in fantastic type within the ongoing season, is projected to face No. 2 seed Kento Momota as early because the 2nd spherical.
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