NANNING (China): India will start as favourites towards a tender Malaysian crew sans legend Lee Chong Wei when they conflict in a gaggle 1D fit of the Sudirman Cup here on Tuesday.
India, who had reached the quarterfinals two times in 2011 and 2017 editions, must triumph over Malaysia, the 2009 semifinalists, when they begin their campaign. Any hiccups towards Malaysia will make their next conflict towards the mighty China a must-win struggle.
Malaysia were thrashed Zero-5 by China in the opening fit and a loss towards India will see them bow out of the competition.
The 13-member Indian crew, seeded eighth this time, will look to draw inspiration from their sensational win over Malaysia en route to an unheard of crew gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
India's chances right through the mixed crew championship is determined by the standard singles gamers equivalent to reigning BWF World Tour Finals winner PV Sindhu, 2019 Indonesia Masters champion Saina Nehwal, 2019 India Open finalist Kidambi Srikanth and BWF World Tour Finals semi-finalist Sameer Verma.
Malaysia shall be led by Goh Jin Wei and Soniia Cheah in women's singles, whilst Lee Zii Jia shall be entrusted with the duty in men's singles in the absence of Chong Wei, who is still recuperating from nostril cancer.
While India hold the threshold in both, given the way Soniia stretched All England Championship Chen Yufei on Sunday, it will be attention-grabbing to peer who India will select to field between World No. 5 Sindhu or Saina, ranked 9th.
Srikanth has consistently reached the quarters however struggled to head beyond in 11 of his ultimate 13 tournaments. He had a runner-up finish at the India Open and is predicted to carry the threshold towards Zii Jia.
Malaysia will need their doubles to put up a just right efficiency to salvage hopes of making it to the knockout level.
Malaysia saw some promising performances this 12 months from Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in men's doubles, Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in women's doubles and Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai and Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles.
For India the return of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy after an damage gap will gasoline India's hopes in both men's doubles and mixed doubles.
Satwik, who recovered from a shoulder damage to make a title-winning comeback at the Brazil International Challenge recently, will shape an impressive men's doubles pair with Chirag Shetty, whilst pairing with the skilled Ashwini Ponnappa in mixed doubles.
If India can quell the Malaysian problem, they may be able to pass with a comfy thoughts towards the 10-time champions China on Wednesday.
India, who had reached the quarterfinals two times in 2011 and 2017 editions, must triumph over Malaysia, the 2009 semifinalists, when they begin their campaign. Any hiccups towards Malaysia will make their next conflict towards the mighty China a must-win struggle.
Malaysia were thrashed Zero-5 by China in the opening fit and a loss towards India will see them bow out of the competition.
The 13-member Indian crew, seeded eighth this time, will look to draw inspiration from their sensational win over Malaysia en route to an unheard of crew gold at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
India's chances right through the mixed crew championship is determined by the standard singles gamers equivalent to reigning BWF World Tour Finals winner PV Sindhu, 2019 Indonesia Masters champion Saina Nehwal, 2019 India Open finalist Kidambi Srikanth and BWF World Tour Finals semi-finalist Sameer Verma.
Malaysia shall be led by Goh Jin Wei and Soniia Cheah in women's singles, whilst Lee Zii Jia shall be entrusted with the duty in men's singles in the absence of Chong Wei, who is still recuperating from nostril cancer.
While India hold the threshold in both, given the way Soniia stretched All England Championship Chen Yufei on Sunday, it will be attention-grabbing to peer who India will select to field between World No. 5 Sindhu or Saina, ranked 9th.
Srikanth has consistently reached the quarters however struggled to head beyond in 11 of his ultimate 13 tournaments. He had a runner-up finish at the India Open and is predicted to carry the threshold towards Zii Jia.
Malaysia will need their doubles to put up a just right efficiency to salvage hopes of making it to the knockout level.
Malaysia saw some promising performances this 12 months from Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in men's doubles, Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in women's doubles and Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai and Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles.
For India the return of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy after an damage gap will gasoline India's hopes in both men's doubles and mixed doubles.
Satwik, who recovered from a shoulder damage to make a title-winning comeback at the Brazil International Challenge recently, will shape an impressive men's doubles pair with Chirag Shetty, whilst pairing with the skilled Ashwini Ponnappa in mixed doubles.
If India can quell the Malaysian problem, they may be able to pass with a comfy thoughts towards the 10-time champions China on Wednesday.
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