India’s dual Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will look to plug her flaws in the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament, starting here on Tuesday. Playing her first tournament in two months, Sindhu looked a bit sluggish at the Denmark Open last week, where she lost in the quarterfinals to fast-rising Korean An Seong. She had made it to the last eight by defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.
Defending world champion Sindhu had no Plan B against A, which did not allow the Indian to play her aggressive game. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad, who will open against Denmark’s Julie Daval Jacobsen this week, will need to bring back her aggressive self-assertion and strengthen her defense if she hopes to reach the podium.
In the next round, she is likely to face opponents such as Laine Kristofferson of Denmark and Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand or Christie Gilmour of Scotland. London Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal, who suffered from a back injury in the Uber Cup final but played only to lose in the opening round at the Denmark Open, won when she opened against Sayaka Takahashi of Japan here. Will be expected
In men’s singles, all eyes will be on Sameer Verma, who performed brilliantly last week. The 25-year-old from Madhya Pradesh stunned world number three Anders Antonsen in Odense before retiring from the quarter-finals against Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto due to a calf injury and when he will face sixth-seeded Indonesian Jonathan. You have to be on top of your game. Christie.
Kidambi Srikanth will get another chance to avenge his last week’s loss when he takes on world number one Kento Momota of Japan. While Srikanth put up a fight in the opening game, he ran out of steam in the second against Momota, who put on a solid performance in the tournament and eventually reached the final in Denmark.
In another match, Lakshya Sen will take on B Sai Praneeth, a returnee from Tokyo, in an all India competition. Former top 10 player, HS Prannoy had a good run in Denmark and will have to finish his job against fourth seed Chow Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, while Sourabh Verma will also face a tough challenge against fifth seed Anthony Sinisuka Gingting. have to do it.
Parupalli Kashyap, who retired in the first round last week due to a hamstring injury, will take on France’s Bryce Leverdez in the first round here. In men’s doubles, the world number 10 pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and fifth seed Chirag Shetty will take on Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jae-Hui and Yang Po-Huan, while the talented pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will face Ireland’s Joshua Magee. Will be from. Paul Reynolds.
Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will take on the Korean combination of Sung Hyun and Shin Baekchol. In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will take on top seeds Lee Sohi and Shin Seungchan of Korea, while Meghna Jakkampudi and S Ram Poorvisha will take on Alyssa Tirtosantono and Imke Van der Aar of the Netherlands.
In mixed doubles, Satwiksairaj and Ashwini will take on Mathias Thayri and Mai Saro of Denmark.
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