Okuhara stands in Sindhu's way again at World Championship

NEW DELHI: India's premier shuttler PV Sindhu might need to upstage protecting champion and acquainted foe Nozomi Okuhara as the 2 finalists of the previous edition are drawn to satisfy within the quarter-finals of the World Championship, to be held from July 30 to August five in Nanjing, China.

Memories of Sindhu and Okuhara combating in one of the greatest matches of all time right through the summit clash in Glasgow ultimate yr continues to be contemporary within the minds of badminton aficionados.

Okuhara, who used to be troubled by way of a knee damage within the latter part of ultimate season, outplayed Sindhu ultimate week within the ultimate of Thailand Open and the Indian could have her process reduce out as she is predicted to satisfy the sector no eight once more within the quarter-finals in Nangjing.

According to the draw announced on Tuesday, Sindhu is prone to meet Korea's Sung Ji Hyun within the 3rd round. The Indian has won a bye within the opening round, while she is going to face either Indonesia's Fitriani Fitriani or Linda Zetchiri in the second one round.

Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal, who won a silver in 2015 edition and a bronze at Glasgow, will have to fight past 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand and Olympic champion Carolina Marin, whom she is predicted to satisfy within the 3rd round and quarters respectively.

The London Olympics bronze medallist will play either Swiss Sabrina Jaquet or Turkish Aliye Demirbag in the second one round after getting a bye within the opening round.

In the men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched 4 titles ultimate season and a silver on the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this yr, will open against Ireland's Nhat Nguyen and is prone to meet Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, 13th seed, in round three.

If he can surpass the hurdles, a meeting with three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is also a possibility.

HS Prannoy, alternatively, will start his marketing campaign with a clash against Australia's Abhinav Manota and two tricky warring parties in Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen might stand in his technique to the quarterfinals, the place he is anticipated to satisfy the All England champion Shi Yuqi.

Among others, B Sai Praneeth will have to cope with Korea's Son Wan Ho, while Sameer Verma faces France's Lucas Corvee within the opening round.

In men's doubles, nationwide champions Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will open against Bulgarian combo of Daniel Nikolov and Ivan Rusev, while CWG silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face Olympic bronze medallists Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge of England.

CWG bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will sq. off against Chinese Taipei's Chiang Kai Hsin and Hung Shih Han.

Ashwini and Sikki may even pair up with Satwik and Pranaav Jerry Chopra to compete within the blended doubles tournament. Other Indians competing within the tournament are Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg, and Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh.

The younger pair of Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok, and Tarun Kona and Saurabh Sharma may even compete within the men's doubles pageant.

Also in action will probably be Kuhoo Garg and Ningshi Block Hazarika, Jakkampudi Meghana and S Ram Poorvisha, and Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant within the girls's doubles.