Last Updated: April 25, 2023, 14:22 IST
Indian badminton star PV Sindhu (PTI)
It can be a troublesome process for India to return with a medal, contemplating a lot of the high gamers have been battling rhythm and kind this season
Top Indian shuttlers, together with double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will hope to search out their rhythm as they start their marketing campaign in the principle draw of the Asia Badminton Championships, right here on Wednesday.
The fortieth version of the distinguished continental competitors began in Dubai on Tuesday with the qualifying rounds, whereas the principle draw comprising all the highest gamers will occur solely from Wednesday.
It can be a troublesome process for India to return with a medal, contemplating a lot of the high gamers have been battling rhythm and kind this season.
India have to date received 17 medals at ABC with Dinesh Khanna claiming the lone gold in 1965 and the likes of Sindhu, Prannoy and Lakshya should actually play out of their skins to interrupt the title drought.
On a comeback trial after an extended damage lay-off, Sindhu has proven some spark when she reached the finals of the Madrid Spain Masters and the eighth seeded Indian will hope to search out her ‘A’ sport when she begins her marketing campaign in opposition to Taiwanese Wen Chi-hsu.
In males’s singles, world quantity 9 HS Prannoy has been constant and he’ll look to gear up for the larger battles with a very good present within the opening spherical in opposition to Phone Pyae Naing of Myanmar, whereas 2021 world championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth will tackle Bahrain’s Adnan Ebrahim.
Former world quantity 6 Lakshya Sen has endured a tough section in 2023 as his rating plummeted after a collection of early exits, forcing the Indian to take a break.
The Commonwealth Games champion has a troublesome highway forward with former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore standing on the way in which within the opening spherical.
In girls’s singles, Malvika Bansod will face high seed and final 12 months’s finalist Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, whereas Aakarshi Kashyap meets Indonesian Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi.
In males’s doubles, sixth seeded pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who received the Swiss Open tremendous 300 title early this 12 months, will open in opposition to Malaysian mixture of Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong.
MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala are additionally in fray.
Women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the Commonwealth Games bronze medallists, will face Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto.
Also within the fray are Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam, and Haritha Manazhiyil and Ashna Roy.
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