Bali: Olympic Medal Twice PV Sindhu will continue his search to complete the podium when he sustains Indian challenges in the Indonesian Super 750 Masters Tournament, but compatriot Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma will be lost in the action to get out of the tournament due to injury.
Sindhu, who had claimed bronze at the Tokyo Olympics to go with Rio Silver medal, reached the quarter-finals and semifinals in Denmark and France before missing Hylo open in Germany.
The 2019 World Championship in Switzerland is Sindhu’s last title.
He reached the final in Switzerland open earlier this year but ended with a loss.
However, the third superpitan India has a good memory of Indonesia because he has reached the final in Jakarta two years ago and will try to make a good start when he faces Supanida Katethong Thailand in the opening.
Sindhu tends to cross the sword with Clara Azurmendi Spain and the sixth seed Canada Michelle Li in the next two rounds and clashes against Japan’s top seed Yamaguchi can be on the card in the semifinals if he can pass early rounds.
Saina, the Olympic Games of the London Olympics, and Sameer, who saw a good touch in the last two events, would miss Indonesia’s feet to recover from their respective injuries.
While Saina suffered a groin injury in the Uber Cup, Sameer had hurt his calf muscle in Denmark.
All eyes this week will also be in Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, who have reached the semifinals of Hylo Open.
While Srikanth looked close to getting back in its shape, Lakshya also looked well in his last few matches.
The duo will be seen running well when they start their men’s singles campaign here.
Lakshya will meet the Japanese Tsuneyama Kanta in his chest, while Srikanth faces the qualification after the sameer pulled out.
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will take Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in Indonesia, while Prannoy HS was pitted with sixth seed Jonatan Christie in the opening.
Parupalli Kashyap will directly fight Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus Denmark.
In the men’s double competition, the sixth seed Satwikaraj Ranking and Chirag Shetty will lock the horn with the sin ong Malaysia and Teo Ee Yi, while the pair who rises fasting and Dhruv Kapila will fight with a combination of Japan Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.
A pair of women’s doubles ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will face Alexandra Boje and Danish Mette Poulsen.
In a mixed double, Ashwini has paired with B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki will partner with Dhruv Kapila.
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