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The Indian premier badminton doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will return to action on Tuesday, leading the challenge at the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament.
The duo is back after two months after pulling out of the All England Championships mid-tournament due to Chirag’s back injury. They also pulled out of the Sudirman Cup because of Satwik’s health issues.
After shaking off the fitn ess concerns, the duo will be up against Malaysia’s Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal.
In the men’s singles, the Indian hopes will majorly lie on the 2023 World Championships medallist HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen. After battling chikungunya last year, Prannoy is making a comeback this season. He will face Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in the first round.
Lakshya Sen will look to silence doubts about his fitness when he faces Lin Chun-Yi in the opening round. The 23-year-old from Almora, a 2021 World Championships bronze-medallist, has struggled to find form since reaching the Paris Olympics semifinal.
Priyanshu Rajawat and Kiran George will be other Indians in the fray.
Veteran Kidambi Srikanth, who finished runner-up at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament last week, won’t be participating in the event.
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In women’s singles, it will be PV Sindhu again leading the Indian challenge. Despite multiple coaching changes, she has failed to go on a deep run. She also suffered a hamstring injury during training, forcing her to miss the Asia Team Championships.
She will face Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang in the first round. Among other Indian shuttlers, Anmol Kharb will take on former Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei while Malvika Bansod will be up against Thailand’s Supanida Katethong. Rakshita Ramraj will square off against South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun and Unnati Hooda will face second seed Wang Zhiyi, the Malaysia Masters champion.
India’s top-ranked women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, seeded eighth, will play Chinese Taipei’s Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun.
The Mixed doubles pairs — Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto and Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde — are also in the fray.
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Where to watch Singapore Open Super 750?
The tournament will be streamed on BWF Youtube Channel and JioHotstar in India.