Following an trustworthy current in Malaysia, star Indian shuttlers, along with PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, will seek for consistency as they begin their advertising and marketing marketing campaign inside the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton occasion beginning proper right here on Tuesday.
While Sindhu had reached the semifinals closing week, Srikanth signed off with a quarterfinal finish in Kuala Lumpur and the duo will look to go deep inside the draw to keep up their hopes of profitable a title.
Double Olympic medallist Sindhu had come close to breaking her title jinx when she reached the finals of Madrid Spain Masters nevertheless Srikanth has struggled since his epic run on choice to the Thomas Cup victory closing yr.
The 27-year-old from Hyderabad, who slipped two places to world amount 13 this week, will face Canada’s Michelle Li inside the opening spherical, whereas Srikanth will look to take quite a few concepts from HS Prannoy when he takes on Malaysia Masters finalist Weng Hong Yang of China.
While a win for Sindhu is inclined to place her face-to-face with China’s sixth seed Wang Zhi Yi, Srikanth ought to compete with third-seeded Chinese Shi Yu Qi if he can cross the opening hurdle.
Lakshya Sen, who has slipped out of the best 20 following a dismal run this season, will open in opposition to Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei. Sen had misplaced to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong in straight video video games closing week.
Orleans Masters winner Priyanshu Rajawat may even be inside the fray this week when he squares off in opposition to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong inside the opening spherical.
After skipping Malaysia Masters, India’s excessive doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty may be once more in movement this week, taking on France’s Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar.
Men’s pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala, ladies’s pair of Ashwini Bhat Okay and Shikha Gautam are moreover inside the fray.
