PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth to play in Spain Masters tournament
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are scheduled to compete in the Madrid Spain Masters badminton tournament starting on Tuesday.
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SINDHU TO OPEN CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANADIAN SHUTTLER
Sindhu, who is seeded second, will make her tournament debut against Wen Yu Zhang of Canada.
The double Olympic medallist is coming off stints in the All England and Swiss Masters Super 300 tournament.
In Basel, however, Sindhu failed to reach the quarterfinals.
Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone remains “optimistic and hopeful” that Sindhu can still work on her mental fitness to return to the sport’s elite.
SRIKANTH SEEKS TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER SWISS OPEN MISSTEP
Srikanth will open his campaign against a still-unknown qualifier.
The No.7 seed reached the semifinals in the Swiss Open, where he lost to eventual champion Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei.
Srikanth will have to carry India’s colors in the men’s singles division alone.
All England Championships semifinalist Lakshya Sen has decided to pull out.
Sen reached the French Open quarterfinals but lost in the second round in the Swiss Open.
He was supposed to face Japan’s world No. 39 Takuma Obayashi before he decided to pull out.
