LUCKNOW: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will search to get well from her sudden semifinal decline at the India Open up and finish her title drought at the Syed Modi International, which begins here on Tuesday.
The 26-yr-old from Hyderabad was very well on course to win her very first title since the 2019 Entire world Championship triumph final 7 days in advance of left-hander Supanida Katethong of Thailand shattered her hopes with a a few-game win at the India Open.
Sindhu, who had concluded runner-up at Swiss Open and World Tour Finals past calendar year, will hope to switch items all-around this week when she begins her marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot Tanya Hemanth.
The Indian will be itching to settle scores towards Supanida, whom she is very likely to facial area once again at the semifinals at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium right here.
Next seeded Canadian Michelle Li, a Commonwealth Game titles silver medallist, will be 1 of the solid contenders for the title in women’s singles, which also has Polish eighth seed Jordan Hart, next seed Iris Wang of Usa and Russia’s fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya.
Men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has decided to give the Tremendous 300 event a overlook after boasting their maiden India Open up Super 500 crown.
Lakshya Sen, who secured his maiden Super 500 title at New Delhi on Sunday, also is probably to stick to match just after enjoying repeatedly since Oct previous 12 months.
Between some others, Entire world Championships silver medallist and prime seed Kidambi Srikanth also is not likely to compete this 7 days as he is going through seven-day required quarantine following withdrawing from the primary draw past 7 days next a optimistic COVID-19 outcome.
3rd seed B Sai Praneeth, who experienced pulled out of India Open immediately after screening good, is also awaiting a RT-PCR take a look at consequence, when Ashwini Ponnappa and Manu Attri are however to get better from the virus and will overlook the event.
Ashwini is portion of the leading seeded women’s doubles pairing, when Manu and B Sumeeth Reddy are seeded 3rd in the men’s doubles occasion.
On a comeback trail, previous top rated-10 player H S Prannoy gave a great account of himself just before becoming stopped by 20-12 months-aged Sen in the quarterfinals past 7 days.
Fifth seed Prannoy will hope to go deep in the draw this 7 days when he opens his marketing campaign in opposition to Ukraine’s Danylo Bosniuk.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, seeded fourth, as well will check her health and fitness when she requires on Czech Republic’s Tereza Švábíková in the opening spherical. She had lost in the second spherical last week.
There are a host of other Indians in men’s singles, these types of as seventh seed Sourabh Verma, fourth seed Sameer Verma — who he is nevertheless recovering from a calf muscle harm — Subhankar Dey and children like Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat.
In women’s singles much too, Aakarshi Kashyap, who experienced attained the quarterfinals very last week, will look to go on her superior operate when she faces fellow Indian Mugdha Agrey in opening spherical.
Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha will be tied in a battle of supremacy in the opening spherical, whilst Samiya Imad Farooqui, Ira Sharma and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli will be the other well known Indians in action.
Fourth seeded Ashwini Bhat K and Shikha Gautam will seem to put up a great show in women’s doubles.
There are most likely to be much more withdrawals and a clearer photo will arise only following the manager’s assembly later in the day.
The 26-yr-old from Hyderabad was very well on course to win her very first title since the 2019 Entire world Championship triumph final 7 days in advance of left-hander Supanida Katethong of Thailand shattered her hopes with a a few-game win at the India Open.
Sindhu, who had concluded runner-up at Swiss Open and World Tour Finals past calendar year, will hope to switch items all-around this week when she begins her marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot Tanya Hemanth.
The Indian will be itching to settle scores towards Supanida, whom she is very likely to facial area once again at the semifinals at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium right here.
Next seeded Canadian Michelle Li, a Commonwealth Game titles silver medallist, will be 1 of the solid contenders for the title in women’s singles, which also has Polish eighth seed Jordan Hart, next seed Iris Wang of Usa and Russia’s fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya.
Men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has decided to give the Tremendous 300 event a overlook after boasting their maiden India Open up Super 500 crown.
Lakshya Sen, who secured his maiden Super 500 title at New Delhi on Sunday, also is probably to stick to match just after enjoying repeatedly since Oct previous 12 months.
Between some others, Entire world Championships silver medallist and prime seed Kidambi Srikanth also is not likely to compete this 7 days as he is going through seven-day required quarantine following withdrawing from the primary draw past 7 days next a optimistic COVID-19 outcome.
3rd seed B Sai Praneeth, who experienced pulled out of India Open immediately after screening good, is also awaiting a RT-PCR take a look at consequence, when Ashwini Ponnappa and Manu Attri are however to get better from the virus and will overlook the event.
Ashwini is portion of the leading seeded women’s doubles pairing, when Manu and B Sumeeth Reddy are seeded 3rd in the men’s doubles occasion.
On a comeback trail, previous top rated-10 player H S Prannoy gave a great account of himself just before becoming stopped by 20-12 months-aged Sen in the quarterfinals past 7 days.
Fifth seed Prannoy will hope to go deep in the draw this 7 days when he opens his marketing campaign in opposition to Ukraine’s Danylo Bosniuk.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, seeded fourth, as well will check her health and fitness when she requires on Czech Republic’s Tereza Švábíková in the opening spherical. She had lost in the second spherical last week.
There are a host of other Indians in men’s singles, these types of as seventh seed Sourabh Verma, fourth seed Sameer Verma — who he is nevertheless recovering from a calf muscle harm — Subhankar Dey and children like Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat.
In women’s singles much too, Aakarshi Kashyap, who experienced attained the quarterfinals very last week, will look to go on her superior operate when she faces fellow Indian Mugdha Agrey in opening spherical.
Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha will be tied in a battle of supremacy in the opening spherical, whilst Samiya Imad Farooqui, Ira Sharma and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli will be the other well known Indians in action.
Fourth seeded Ashwini Bhat K and Shikha Gautam will seem to put up a great show in women’s doubles.
There are most likely to be much more withdrawals and a clearer photo will arise only following the manager’s assembly later in the day.
