NANJING (China): Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will glance to wreck the jinx of dropping major finals and higher the colour of her medal when she spearheads the Indian problem on the prestigious World Championship, beginning on Monday.
With two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 and a silver remaining year, Sindhu has an impressive report on the World Championship.
Her epic final towards Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at Glasgow remaining year went down as some of the largest fits of all time, clocking 110 mins. The Indian will hope her love affair continues at Nanjing.
The 23-year-old from Hyderabad has been very in line with six final appearances remaining year, out of which she received India Open, Korea Open and Syed Modi International however she lost the finals at Worlds, Dubai Super Series and Hong Kong.
This season too Sindhu entered summit clashes at India Open, Commonwealth Games and the Thailand Open however a name has eluded her and he or she would like to beef up her win-loss statistic in major finals.
The Indian is prone to meet Korea's Sung Ji Hyun within the third round, crossing which will almost certainly put her face-to-face with protecting champion and familiar foe Nozomi Okuhara within the quarter-finals.
"I really want to do well in the World Championship. I have been preparing well. It is going to be a tough draw in the world championship, so I can't relax," stated Sindhu, who will play Fitriani in her first recreation.
"I know everyone is talking about Nozomi and my match but before that there is Sung Ji Hyun, who is not an easy player. So that round would be equally important."
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal additionally bagged a silver and a bronze in 2015 and 2017 respectively and he or she would hope to shrug off her indifferent recent form and cross complete throttle, looking for a medal.
The 28-year-old, who opens her marketing campaign towards both Swiss Sabrina Jaquet or Turkish Aliye Demirbag, should battle previous 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand and Olympic champion Carolina Marin in most likely third round and quarter-final fits respectively.
In the boys's singles, Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched 4 titles remaining season and a silver on the Commonwealth Games this year, will too glance to grasp his long-term dream of successful a medal when he opens towards Ireland's Nhat Nguyen. He is prone to meet Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, 13th seed, in round 3.
With three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia pulling out because of deficient health, Srikanth will fancy his chances of going additional deep within the draw and win a medal.
HS Prannoy, who had a topsy-turvy season plagued by a couple of injuries, will start his marketing campaign with a clash towards Australia's Abhinav Manota and two tricky combatants in Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen might stand in his strategy to the quarterfinals, the place he is anticipated to fulfill the All England champion Shi Yuqi.
"I think I have a good draw. In an event like the World Championship you can't expect things to be easy. So I have to be on my toes right from the start," he stated.
Among others, B Sai Praneeth has been in deficient form this season however the Indian has been given a walkover even before stepping at the court docket after ambitious Korean Son Wan Ho pulled out. He will now face Spain's Luis Enrique Penalver in his first fit.
Sameer Verma too should convey his 'A' recreation to the fore when he opens his marketing campaign towards France's Lucas Corvee within the opening round.
In the boys's doubles, 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 square off towards Chinese Taipei's Chiang Kai Hsin and Hung Shih Han in ladies's doubles.
Ashwini and Sikki will also pair up with Satwik and Pranaav Jerry Chopra for the mixed doubles match.
Among other Indians in action are national champions males's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, Russian Open runners-ups 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 will also compete within the males's doubles festival.
Also in action might be Kuhoo Garg and Ningshi Block Hazarika, Jakkampudi Meghana and S Ram Poorvisha, and Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant within the ladies's doubles.
With two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 and a silver remaining year, Sindhu has an impressive report on the World Championship.
Her epic final towards Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at Glasgow remaining year went down as some of the largest fits of all time, clocking 110 mins. The Indian will hope her love affair continues at Nanjing.
The 23-year-old from Hyderabad has been very in line with six final appearances remaining year, out of which she received India Open, Korea Open and Syed Modi International however she lost the finals at Worlds, Dubai Super Series and Hong Kong.
This season too Sindhu entered summit clashes at India Open, Commonwealth Games and the Thailand Open however a name has eluded her and he or she would like to beef up her win-loss statistic in major finals.
The Indian is prone to meet Korea's Sung Ji Hyun within the third round, crossing which will almost certainly put her face-to-face with protecting champion and familiar foe Nozomi Okuhara within the quarter-finals.
"I really want to do well in the World Championship. I have been preparing well. It is going to be a tough draw in the world championship, so I can't relax," stated Sindhu, who will play Fitriani in her first recreation.
"I know everyone is talking about Nozomi and my match but before that there is Sung Ji Hyun, who is not an easy player. So that round would be equally important."
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal additionally bagged a silver and a bronze in 2015 and 2017 respectively and he or she would hope to shrug off her indifferent recent form and cross complete throttle, looking for a medal.
The 28-year-old, who opens her marketing campaign towards both Swiss Sabrina Jaquet or Turkish Aliye Demirbag, should battle previous 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand and Olympic champion Carolina Marin in most likely third round and quarter-final fits respectively.
In the boys's singles, Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched 4 titles remaining season and a silver on the Commonwealth Games this year, will too glance to grasp his long-term dream of successful a medal when he opens towards Ireland's Nhat Nguyen. He is prone to meet Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, 13th seed, in round 3.
With three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia pulling out because of deficient health, Srikanth will fancy his chances of going additional deep within the draw and win a medal.
HS Prannoy, who had a topsy-turvy season plagued by a couple of injuries, will start his marketing campaign with a clash towards Australia's Abhinav Manota and two tricky combatants in Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen might stand in his strategy to the quarterfinals, the place he is anticipated to fulfill the All England champion Shi Yuqi.
"I think I have a good draw. In an event like the World Championship you can't expect things to be easy. So I have to be on my toes right from the start," he stated.
Among others, B Sai Praneeth has been in deficient form this season however the Indian has been given a walkover even before stepping at the court docket after ambitious Korean Son Wan Ho pulled out. He will now face Spain's Luis Enrique Penalver in his first fit.
Sameer Verma too should convey his 'A' recreation to the fore when he opens his marketing campaign towards France's Lucas Corvee within the opening round.
In the boys's doubles, 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 square off towards Chinese Taipei's Chiang Kai Hsin and Hung Shih Han in ladies's doubles.
Ashwini and Sikki will also pair up with Satwik and Pranaav Jerry Chopra for the mixed doubles match.
Among other Indians in action are national champions males's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, Russian Open runners-ups 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 will also compete within the males's doubles festival.
Also in action might be Kuhoo Garg and Ningshi Block Hazarika, Jakkampudi Meghana and S Ram Poorvisha, and Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant within the ladies's doubles.
Sindhu, Srikanth lead Indian challenge at World Championship
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