Badminton News: Two top Chinese badminton players, Chen Yufei and Shi Yuqi, are the top seeds in their respective sectors of the Super 500 India Open 2019 World Tour tournament which will be held from March 26 to 31.

After defeating world number one Tai Tzu Ying in the final of the 2019 All England Open last week, world number two Chen Yufei will take center stage in the tournament which offers a total prize pool of USD 350,000 , or approximately 5.2 billion rupees. .

In the women's singles sector, China has placed several of its players in higher positions, namely world number seven He Bingjiao (third seed) and world number 14 Han Yue (seventh seed). Former world champion and gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, Li Xuerui will also participate alongside Chen Xiaoxin and Cai Yanyan.

Hosts India will rely on second seed who is also the 2017 Indian Open champion PV Sindhu as well as two-time Indian Open champion Saina Nehwal.

Meanwhile, in the men's singles sector, Shi Yuqi, who failed to defend his All England Open title last week after losing to Victor Axelsen in the semi-finals, will begin the India Open by facing his compatriot Huang Yuxiang and potentially meeting the young rising player. , Zhou Zeqi in the quarterfinals.

Victor Axelsen, second seed and also a winner in 2017, will look to continue his momentum after reaching the final of the All England Open last week.

Meanwhile, India will depend on 2015 champion Kidambi Srikanth along with other national team players such as Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap and also Subhankar Dey.

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