Badminton News: Indian women’s singles star PV Sindhu’s return from injury will add spice to the women’s singles competition for the prestigious Malaysian Open 2023 from January 10-15 at Axiata Arena.

The 2019 world champion is sidelined with a broken left leg suffered at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August.

Despite an injury, world number 6 PV Sindhu managed to win gold in the individual events but was forced to miss important events such as the World Championships in Tokyo and the World Tour Finals in Bangkok at the start of the month.

He managed to recover in time for the Malaysian Open and his return means that all players currently ranked in the top 10 in the world will participate in the tournament, where the status has been upgraded from Super 750 to Super 1000.

Besides PV Sindhu, other players looking to shine are Japanese reigning champion Akane Yamaguchi (#1), An Se-young from South Korea (#2), Tai Tzu-ying from Taiwan (#3 ), Chen Yufei from China (#4). ) and He Bingjiao (#5), Ratchanok Intanon from Thailand (#7), Wang Zhiyi from China (#8) and Thai duo Pornpawee Chochuwong (#9) and Busanan Ongbamrungphan (#10).

Sindhu earned a tough draw when she faced Spain’s world number 11 Carolina Marin in the first round in a repeat of the Rio 2016 Olympics final where the latter won.

A win for the Indian will likely see him face Pornpawee in the second round.

If Sindhu beats the Thai athlete, she could face defending Olympic champion Yufei in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, defending champion Ratchanok Intanon faces a big battle to defend the title he won in this year’s edition as he is in the same draw as Yamaguchi and is expected to face the Japanese representative in the last eight.

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