Badminton News: Men’s doubles 12th seed Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho of South Korea and women’s doubles ninth seed Benyapa Aimsaard/Nuntakarn Aimsaard of Thailand are among three seeded contenders to retire from the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023.
But Kim is still competing in mixed doubles with Jeong Na Eun.
Another top player to step down is Indonesian men’s singles seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, whose mother died earlier this month.
Frenchman Qi Xuefei was the only other player to retire; The French women in women’s singles will face the Singaporean Yeo Jia Min in the first round.
Choi/Kim and the Aimsaard sisters bid farewell to their opening duties.
The 28th edition of the World Championships kicks off tomorrow at 9am with Adam Hall/Julie Macpherson of Scotland taking on Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy of India on Court 1 and Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia taking on Vivien Sandorhazi of Hungary on Court 2.
Shortly after, the action started on courses 3 and 4 with Vinson Chiu/Jennie Gai (USA) against Fabricio Farias/Jaqueline Lima (Brazil) and Adham Hatem Elgamal/Doha Hany (Egypt) against the mother-son duo Israel Misha and Svetlana Zilberman. .
Among the stars in action that day were home favorite Viktor Axelsen (vs Nhat Nguyen), 2021 World Champion Loh Kean Yew (vs Spain veteran Pablo Abian); HS Prannoy (against Kalle Koljonen) and last year’s runner-up Kunlavut Vitidsarn (against Jonathan Matias). The big game is set to be between former All England champion Lee Zii Jia and Indonesia’s No.5 seed Jonatan Christie.
Article Tags: BWF World Championships 2023, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Kim Won Ho, Choi Sol Gyu
