Badminton News: Badminton India, led by two-time Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and in-form HS Prannoy, will look to fight their way to the top in the Singapore Open Super 500 tournament which kicks off on Tuesday.

Being the last tournament before the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, starting later this month, these two players can’t relax.

PV Sindhu (3) and Kidambi Srikanth (7), who are India’s only seeds in the main draw of the men’s and women’s singles competitions, got easy draws.

World number 7 PV Sindhu, who will open the competition against low-ranked Belgian Lianne Tan, was the only seed in her quarter.

Sindhu could meet seventh seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the last eight, who have a 17-1 head-to-head lead.

The Indian champion should have easily made it to the semi-finals where he could once again face rival Tai Tzu Ying of China Taipei, who recently beat Sindhu six straight to bring his head-to-head tally to 16-5.

Veteran badminton player Saina Nehwal will start the competition against her compatriot Malvika Bansod and the winner of the match is expected to face 2018 Asian Games silver medalist He Bing Jiao and former world champion Ratchanok Intanon in the second round and quarter. finals respectively.

Returning after last month’s Indonesia Open, Srikanth also had an easy draw after world number 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen drew.

Srikanth has opened his campaign against the qualifiers and in the quarter-finals he could meet fellow Indian and 2017 Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth.

Should they beat Praneeth, Srikanth could play in the semi-finals against third seed Chou Tien Chen of China Taipei, who finished second in the Indonesia Masters.

All eyes of the simple gentlemen will be on Prannoy who is in good shape this year. With two semi-final finishes last month – the Malaysia Masters and the Indonesia Open – he will be eager to go further.

Placed in the second quarter of the draw, Prannoy opened his campaign against Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin in the first round.

He is in the same round as third seed Chou and fifth seed Jonatan Christie, who will face Parupalli Kashyap in the first round.

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