KUALA LUMPUR: Rio Games Silver Medal and Worldwide Champion PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth have been delivered easy draws for the Tokyo Olympics from July 23.
While Sindhu has been seeded sixth and withdrawn in Group J from Singles Women, Praneph was seeded 13 Group D Single Male Competition.
World No.
10 Men’s Double Men Chirag Shetty and Satwikarajddy will compete in group A.
Sindhu will face the world of Hong Kong number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel Ksenia Polycarpova, rank 58th, at the league stage, while Praneph must pass through the world no 29 Mark Caljouw Dutch and Isreal Misha Zilberman, ranked 47.
Chirag and Satwikaraja, were given a difficult draw announced by BWF on Thursday.
The Indian duo must compete with the top seed Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, the world of China Taipei No 3 Lee who and Wang Chi Lin and England Duo Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, ranked 18.
In single competition, top players from each group will qualify for knock-out stages.
Olympics Tokyo: Sindhu, Praneth gets an easy picture; Difficult tasks for chirag-satwik
