Former World primary Kidambi Srikanth shall be making his return to badminton through the Macau Open competitors beginning on Tuesday as part of 23-member Indian contingent. Srikanth, 31, has not featured within the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tour circuit since his harm through the Singapore Open again in Might. Now, as per Olympics.com, he returns as a sixth-seed for the BWF Tremendous 300 occasion. The 2021 World Championships medalists made it to the semifinals of the Swiss Open in March this yr however struggled to achieve past pre-quarterfinals in 9 different tournaments performed this yr.
Gifted shuttler Malvika Bansod, who downed the Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medallist Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia to achieve the final eight stage of the China Open simply final week, has pulled out of the match.
Third seed Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly shall be India’s greatest hope in girls’s doubles competitors through the match, having reached the semifinals of Singapore Open BWF Tremendous 750 occasion earlier this June. However they’re but to win a title this yr.
Commonwealth Video games medalists N Sikki Reddy and B Sumeeth Reddy will spearhead India’s cost in blended doubles competitors.
Outstanding Indian stars from the Paris Olympics 2024, together with two-time Olympic medallist, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, is not going to be taking part in within the Macau Open, which is able to conclude on Sunday.
Macau Open 2024: Indian badminton squad
Males’s singles: Mithun Manjunath, Sameer Verma, Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth [6], S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Chirag Sen; Qualifiers: Tharun Mannepalli, Aryamann Tandon, Alap Mishra, Darshan Pujari
Ladies’s singles: Anupama Upadhyaya, Tanya Hemanth, Tasnim Mir, Devika Sihag, Isharani Baruah
Ladies’s doubles: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand [3], Apoorva Gahlawat/Sakshi Gahlawat; Qualifiers: Ruthvika Shivani Gadde/N Sikki Reddy
Combined doubles: B Sumeeth Reddy/N Sikki Reddy, Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
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