BWF World Championships LIVE – India at 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 The Indian badminton queen has withdrawn from the World Badminton Championship in Tokyo.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.
BWF World Badminton Championship 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.
BWF World Championships LIVE: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 BWF World Championships
Defending champions (Winners of 2021 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
Indians in action :
The tournament will see India’s top badminton stars like Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, women’s duo Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand to name a few. Totally 27 Indian players are expected to be in action.
India’s performance so far at BWF World Championships
Ever since 2017, Indians have been ensuring a podium finish in every edition of the tournament so far. The first-ever Indian to win a medal at this tournament was Prakash Padukone in 1983. Until 2011 he was the only Indian to ensure a podium finish at the World Championships, however in 2011 Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa added to the tally by winning bronze in Women’s doubles. PV Sindhu has won the most medals in the tournament so far. She won the championship in 2018, while she has two silver medals and two bronze medals respectively.
Last year Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth finished on the podium. While Laskhya Sen won bronze. Srikanth finished as runner-up after losing the final to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew, who won his maiden World title.
BWF World Championships LIVE: Draws, Schedule, Top seeds, Prize Money, LIVE streaming – All you need to know about 2022 BWF World Championships
