Former World primary Kidambi Srikanth can be making his return to badminton in the course of 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 damage in the course of 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 succeed in 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 succeed in the final eight stage of the China Open simply final week, has pulled out of the event.
Third seed Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly can be India’s greatest hope in girls’s doubles competitors in the course of the event, 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.
Distinguished Indian stars from the Paris Olympics 2024, together with two-time Olympic medallist, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, won’t 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
Blended doubles: B Sumeeth Reddy/N Sikki Reddy, Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
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