Badminton News: Last week’s French Open 2022 champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to build on their momentum by kicking off their competition at the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Tuesday.
Commonwealth Games champions Satwik and Chirag clinched their biggest title of the season when they beat Chinese Taipei pair Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in the French Open men’s doubles final on Sunday night.
The world number 8 pair have been sensational this season and will look to add another title to their cabinet when the third seed opens the competition against China Taipei’s Lee Yang and Lu Chen.
Top seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan also enter the draw, but Satwik and Chirag will be confident of victory over the same opponent en route to the semi-finals in Paris last week.
Among other Indian players, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth will take part in the $180,000 singles competition, which was first held in 1988.
While 2019 champion Lakshya, seeded seventh, will need to bounce back from a first-round loss in Paris when he opens against Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus, world number 12 Prannoy will look to continue his consistent form against Indonesian Shesar Hiren. Rhustaviot. .
Srikanth, on the other hand, hasn’t really clicked since his giant leap in India’s epic Thomas Cup triumph and the Commonwealth Games bronze medalist will be looking to regain his form when he opens up to his Chinese opponent Lu Guang Zu.
Sameer Verma, who looked good last week, will face Indonesia’s sixth seed Jonatan Christie in his opening match. The Indian world number 31 surprised world number 6 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting at Roland Garros and will see another great performance in Germany.
In women’s singles, London Olympics bronze medalist Saina Nehwal has struggled to clear early hurdles lately and that will be the first thing on her mind when she meets Thailand’s fourth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
The tournament will also feature French Open runner-up Carolina Marina and former world champion
The Hylo Open was previously known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open.
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