JAKARTA, Jun 12 (PTI) The spotlight will be on the in-form HS Prannoy squad as India’s quarterbacks prepare for tough opening matches at the India Open, the BWF Super 1000 Championship, which kicks off here Tuesday.

Prannui, who won the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, looks promising for a foray into the tournament, with world badminton player Karim set to compete this week.

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The Indian world number 8 will face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto, and his first-round victory will likely see him face China’s Shi Yuki in the second round.

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and 2021 World Championships silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth will also be looking for an impressive start to the campaign, although they haven’t been at their best this season.

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Sindh were knocked out in the first round of the last two matches, while Srikanth made two quarter-final appearances in Malaysia and Spain, and their mission will end against Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung and China’s Lu Guang Zhou, respectively, in the first round. .

Lakshya Sen showed a spark to regain his fitness by reaching the semi-finals of the Thailand Open. The 2021 World Championships bronze medalist will open her campaign against world number 10 Malaysia and eighth seed Li Ze Jia.

Satwikshairaj Rankiridi and Chirag Shetty, Commonwealth Games champions and world No. 5 in doubles, will face opponents Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the first round.

Satwick and Chirag have been crowned Swiss Open champions this season and will need to dig deep to get the most out of the Indonesian duo, who are yet to beat them in 11 encounters.

MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila will also face some tough questions as they take on Malaysian duo Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi, seeded number 8, in men’s doubles.

In the other encounter, former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal faced Chinese seventh seed Wang Qiyi.

Women’s doubles duo Tressa Jolie/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela will face Japanese duo Rin Iwanaga/Kei Nakanishi in the first round.

The BWF World Tour is divided into six tiers, namely World Tour Finals, four Super 1000s, six Super 750s, seven Super 500s and 11 Super 300s.

Another tournament category, the BWF Tour Super 100 tier, also offers ranking points.

The Super 1000 is a Tier 2 (Tier 2) event in the BWF Tournament Ranking System, offering the highest points and prize pool.

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