Badminton News: Top badminton players including defending champion Lakshya Sen and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will try to keep their spirits up with fate as they aim to challenge for titles in at least three of the five sectors when the Indian Open Super 750 starts today (17/1).
The world’s top 10 in men’s doubles and world No. 5s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty all had a very successful season last year.
Meanwhile, seventh seed Lakshya Sen and fifth seed Satwik-Chirag entered the tournament with a total prize pool of USD 900,000 or around Rs 15 billion as defending champions.
Sindhu and world number 13 Kidambi Srikanth are also former champions. However, past results will count for little as all of the world’s top badminton stars will be competing against each other and some of them in the first round itself.
Lakshya Sen and Prannoy, India’s two hottest men’s singles players in 2022, will once again be involved in a first round duel with the younger of the two in hopes of returning the favor this time after the first round of last week in Kuala Lumpur.
Sindhu is back after a long injury absence at the Malaysian Open and has been spoiled by old Spanish rival Carolina Marin, who herself is on the comeback trail and has survived two ACL injuries to both knees in recent years. .
This week, it will be Thailand’s Supanida Katethong who will block her way in the first round and Sindhu hopes to find the finesse in attack and the strength in defense to avoid any setbacks, after losing to her in the last edition.
The former world champion, who has been sidelined with a heel injury since the Commonwealth Games in August, is set to face a potential quarter-final against Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China.
Satwik and Chirag will be full of confidence after finishing in the semi-finals of last week’s Super 1000 event as they begin their men’s doubles campaign against Denmark’s Jeppe Bay and No. 1-ranked Lasse Molhede. 31 in the world.
Former world number 1 Srikanth, who will open against Olympic and two-time world champion Viktor Axelsen, who extended his winning streak by defending his Malaysia Oopen title on Sunday.
London Olympic bronze medalist, former Indian Open winner Saina Nehwal, will start her competition against Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, desperate for a good run to boost her confidence after being hit by another injury in 2022 .
Among the international stars, Axelsen, who lost only three times in 2022, and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi, who won four titles in 2022 including the All England and the world championships.
All eyes will also be on up-and-coming Japanese youngsters Kodai Naraoka, Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, former world champion Loh Kean Yew and Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
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