Badminton News: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal has been named for next month’s Asian Mixed Team Championships Trials, to be held in Dubai from February 14-19.
The Senior Selection Committee held a virtual meeting on December 25 to finalize the team selection trials for the Asian Championships.
Based on the world seeded rankings, the organizers decided to grant direct entries to singles players Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu and men’s doubles duo Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Chirag Shetty.
The rest of the 14-member squad will be selected in the selection trials, which are due to be held in Delhi on January 2-3.
“Members unanimously agreed that as this is a major competition with a limited number of entries, only BWF ratings of 16-50 should be considered when inviting players to try out places. remaining available,” BAI said in a letter.
In women’s singles, besides Saina Nehwal, Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap have been invited to try out, while in men’s doubles – Arjun/Dhruv Kapila, Krishna Prasad Garga/Vishnuvardhan Goud P and Ishaan Bhatnagar/Sai Patheek K.
For the two women’s doubles spots, Commonwealth Games bronze medalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri P Gopichand, Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, Ashwini Bhatt and Shikha Gautam as well as Haritha Manazhiyil and Ashna Roy were invited.
Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto, Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan along with Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy have been invited to tryouts which will select a mixed doubles pair for the event.
Saina Nehwal, former player. world number one, missed the selection trials for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in April to manage the workload after returning from three weeks of European fixtures.
BAI has asked state associations to notify players of tryouts.
“In the absence of confirmation of a player/duo to participate in the selection trial, the next best player/duo from the BWF Top 16-50 on December 25, 2022 will be entered into the trial,” said governing body in a statement. letter to all associations of participating States.
“The deadline to receive confirmation is December 30.”
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