Australian Open Badminton: Srikanth pulls out of Australian Open – India’s Sameer Verma and Mithun Manjunaht, who were expected to feature in Men’s Singles in the Australian Open have pulled out of the tournament. Following their withdrawal, India will not have any participation in the Men’s Singles of the tournament. Women’s Singles players Tanya Hemnath and Anwesha Gowda are the only Indians in fray in the singles and they will begin their tournament on Wednesday. Follow Australian Open Badminton 2022 updates with InsideSport.IN
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Tanya Hemnath will face Earlier star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen too had pulled out has pulled out of the Australian Open Super 300 badminton tournament. India will also not have any of the Men’s Doubles pairs participating in the tournament. In the Women’s Doubles. Rutuparna Panda and Swethaparna Panda and Simran Singhi, Ritika Thaker duo will be in action.
Indians in action at Australian Open Badminton on Wednesday
Women’s Singles
Tanya Hemnath vs Goh Jin Wei – 10.10 AM
Anwesha Gowda vs Pitchaya Viravong – 10.50 AM
Women’s Doubles
Panda Sisters vs Lee/Teng – 9.30 AM
Australian Open Badminton: All you need to know about India’s campaign at Australia Open, Schedule, LIVE streaming details – Check out
India’s challenge at Australian Open was expected to be led by Sameer Verma, who was coming back from a long injury lay-off. He was about to begin his campaign against Australia’s Nathan Tang. However Sameer decided to pull out from the tournament at the last moment. Sameer who is a former world no. 11, had won three BWF tournaments — Swiss Open, Hyderabad Open and Syed Modi International in 2018 to qualify for the World Tour Final but he lost his rhythm after that, followed by COVID-induced break.
His return last year was shortlived as he had to retire from Denmark Open quarterfinals with a calf injury. He also had issues with his hip and shoulder. He last played in the French Open this year and looked in good touch during his three-game win over world no. 8 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
Mithun Manjunath, who had reached the finals at Orleans Masters Super 100 event and two international challenge in Nagpur and Bengaluru was set to begin his Australian Open campaign against second seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore. However he also decided to withdraw from the tournament.
Earkier, Srikanth, joined Lakshya Sen and doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankreddy and Chirag Shetty in withdrawing from the USD 180,000 tournament. Placed at number 10 in the Race to Guanzhou rankings, Srikanth needed to win the tournament to have any hopes of qualifying for the season-ending World Tour Final in December.
But the 29-year-old from Guntur, who had claimed the bronze medal at Commonwealth Games and also played a heroic role in India’s epic Thomas Cup win this year, decided to give it a miss.
Srikanth had reached the semifinals in his last tournament at Hylo Open in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Indian had finished at the last four at Korea Open and Swiss Open as well. His withdrawl means HS Prannoy will India’s only representation at the World Tour Finals, especially after the double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu too pulled out of the Guangzhou event on Sunday.
Australian Open Badminton: All you need to know about India’s campaign at Australia Open, Schedule, LIVE streaming details – Check out
- Qualification and First Round: Tuesday and Wednesday, November 16, 2022 – Starts at 6:30 AM IST
- Second Round: Thursday, November 17, 2022
- Quarterfinals: Friday, November 18, 2022
- Semifinals: Saturday, November 19, 2022
- Finals: Sunday, November 20, 2022
Australian Open Badminton LIVE Streaming
Where can I watch the Australian Open Badminton Live?
The Australian Open badminton will be broadcasted live on Sports18 from the quarterfinal stage.
Which platform will Live Stream the Australian Open Badminton Live?
The PKL season 9 will be streamed Live on the BWF Youtube channel. VootSelect could stream matches from the quarterfinals.
Australian Open Badminton: All you need to know about India’s campaign at Australia Open, Schedule, LIVE streaming details – Check out
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