BWF World Championships Draws – India in World Badminton Championship: PV Sindhu Injured: Bad news is coming in for India and PV Sindhu. The Indian badminton queen has withdrawn from the World Badminton Championship in Tokyo. Sindhu has suffered a stress fracture injury on the left ankle. It is worth noting that the 27-year-old Sindhu is winner of five medals in the Worlds including a gold. But now India’s biggest hope will not be in action in TOKYO. Follow BWF World Championship live updates on InsideSport.IN
The 2022 edition of the Badminton World Championships will start in Tokyo from 22nd August 2022. The prestigious event in Badminton will have top shuttlers in the world fighting hard to earn the title of World Champion.
Now Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen & Saina Nehwal will spearhead India’s challenge in Tokyo. Srikanth and Lakshya finished on the podium last year by winning the silver and bronze medal.
Indian shuttlers have been handed a tough draw. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy have been drawn in the same half.
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BWF World Championships: Tough Draw for CWG 2022 stars as PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Srikanth handed difficult road to finals – Check full draw
- PV Sindhu – Withdraws due to injury
- Saina Nehwal is at the bottom half of the draw. She will begin against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong. If she gets past Yi, Saina will square up against sixth seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. The other Indian girl, Malvika Bansod plays Line Christophersen of Denmark.
- Men’s SINGLES: Lakshya Sen, Kidammbi Srikanth and HS Prannoy – are on the same side while Sai Praneeth is in the top half of the draw.
- Lakshya Sen: He won bronze in 2021, got a tough first round opponent in Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark.
- HS Prannoy is expected to meet second seed Kento Momota of Japan. Of late, Momota is finding it tough to clear the first few rounds and Prannoy may face Lakshya in the pre-quarterfinals. Though Lakshya enjoys a 2-1 win-loss record, Prannoy won the last match at the Indonesia Open in June.
Men’s doubles specialists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got a bye in the first round and easier opponents in the second. But in the pre-quarters, they will have to be at their best when they play Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia.
BWF World Championships: Tough Draw for CWG 2022 stars as PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Srikanth handed difficult road to finals – Check full draw
India’s Men’s Singles matches – 1st round
- Chou Tien Chen vs Sai Praneeth B.
- Nhat Nguyen vs Kidambi Srikanth
- Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus vs Lakshya Sen
- Luka Wraber vs Prannoy H. S.
India’s Women’s Singles matches – 1st round
- Pusarla V. Sindhu received a bye
- Saina Nehwal vs Cheung Ngan Yi
India’s Men’s Doubles matches – 1st round
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty received a bye.
- Hiroki Okamura / Masayuki Onodera – Attri Manu / Reddy B. Sumeeth
- Supak Jomkoh / Kittinupong Kedren vs M.R. Arjun / Dhruv Kapila
- Fabien Delrue / William Villeger vs Krishna Prasad Garaga / Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
India’s Women’s Doubles matches – 1st round
- Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq vs Ashwini Ponnappa / Reddy N. Sikki
- Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar / Paula La Torre Regal vs Pooja Dandu / Sanjana Santosh
- Low Yeen Yuan / Valeree Siow vs Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela
- Martina Corsini / Judith Mair vs Ashwini Bhat K. / Shikha Gautam
India’s Mixed Doubles matches – 1st round
- Patrick Scheiel / Franziska Volkmann vs Ishaan Bhatnagar / Tanisha Crasto
- Venkat Gaurav Prasad/ Juhi Dewangan vs Gregory Mairs /Jenny Moore
Defending champions (Winners of 2022 edition)
- Men’s singles – Loh Kean Yew – Singapore
- Women’s singles – Akane Yamugachi – Japan
- Men’s doubles – Takuro Hoki, Ugo Kobayachi
- Women’s doubles – Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan
- Mixed doubles – Dechapol Puavaranukroh, Sapsiree Taerattanachai
BWF World Championships 2022 Schedule
- 1st round– August 22, 23
- 2nd round– August 24
- Quarter-final– August 25
- Semi-final– August 26
- Final – August 27
