New Delhi: Responding to Men’s Single World Champion Men Loh Kean Yew did not have enough time to practice after his victory in Spain, but wanted to start the new year by placing his best foot in Indian open badminton.
The tournament began on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old child from Singapore, fifth seed in India Open, defeated Kidambi Srikanth in the final of the World Championship and Indians is expected to be his biggest challenger in the Indoor KD Jadhav hall along with the struggle for Lakshya Sen, who played in this tournament for the first time.
“There are many good players here and it won’t be an easy competition for sure.
Everyone comes here to do well …
Just for me too.
I also want to do it well and I also want to win this.
Tournament,” said Loh, who will open his campaign against Xiaodong Sheng Canada on Tuesday.
Before going to Spain, Loh had been practicing in Dubai with the Tokyo Viktor Axelsen Olympic champion and cents and said The Young Indian was a very talented player.
“He is my good friend and I really have a very good relationship and I am happy to see it well in his first world championship,” Loh added.
Singapore’s first world champion in badminton, Loh knows that he will become a player to defeat this year after the extraordinary run in the world championship but shows that it will not be easy to maintain the same form in every tournament.
“I ended the year with a high year so it was a good year …
it won’t always win.
The pressure is always there.
I just hope that I can play the best and I can do it,” he added.
Manu Atri-Sumeeth Reddy withdraws from Doublesmeemeanga, a double combination of an Indian men who are experienced from B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Atri along with the seeds of the fourth single men Kantaphon Wangcharoen has been withdrawn from the competition.
However, Sumeth will act in double mixed with Ashwini Ponnappa with a couple taking the second seed Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova in the opening round.
Among the female players, the eighth seed Fitriani Fitriani and top women, Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Projongjai from Thailand have also come out.