Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: Ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will yet again lead India’s challenge at the Malaysia Masters. They are entering the tournament after bowing out from the quarterfinal at Malaysia Open and will have to fight hard to avoid the similar fate in Malaysia Masters as both of them are placed in a tough quarter. Follow Malaysia Masters 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: PV Sindhu & HS Prannoy get tough draws, Saina Nehwal and World No.1 Akane Yamugachi in same quarter – Follow Live Updates
India at Malaysia Masters Badminton on Wednesday
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy vs Brice Leverdez
Sai Praneeth vs Kevin Cordon
Sameer Verma vs Chou Tien-chen
Women’s Singles
Saina Nehwal vs Kim Ga-eun
PV Sindhu vs He Bing Jiao
Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: PV Sindhu & HS Prannoy get tough draws, Saina Nehwal and World No.1 Akane Yamugachi in same quarter – Follow Live Updates
India’s Draws:
Men’s draw
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy lost the Malaysia Open quarterfinal last week. After finishing as runner-up at Swiss Open earlier this year and reaching the semifinal at Indonesia Open, Prannoy is looking to end his five-year title drought at BWF Tour.
He is however placed in a tough quarter that has World No.2 Kento Momota and Seventh seed Jonatan Christie against whom he lost in the quarterfinals at Malaysia Open. He will begin his campaign against France’s Brice Leverdez.
The other Indian men’s singles players in the tournament will be Sameer Verma and Sai Praneeth. Sai Praneeth finds himself in the first quarter and he will face Gautemala’s Kevin Cordon in the first round.
Sameer Verma is placed in another quarter and has a tough contest in the first round as he will be up against World No.4 Chou Tien-chen.
Women’s draw
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu is seventh seed in the tournament and like the Malaysia Open, she yet again finds her in the same quarter that will also has Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying. Both the players are likely to face each other in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, in the first round itself Sindhu will have a tough task as she faces China’s He Bing Jiao. Sindhu suffered first round exit at Indonesia Open after losing against the Chinese and Sindhu will have to put on a strong fight to avoid another first round exit at the Malaysian Masters.
Saina Nehwal is the other singles player in the draw and after a second round exit from the Malaysia Open, she will be looking to give a much better performance. She will take on South Korea’s Kim Ga-eun in the first round. She is likely to face fifth seed Carolina Marin in the second round.
Women’s Doubles
India’s Gayatri Gopichand finally makes a return after recovering from an injury she sustained before Thomas Cup. She will partner alongside Trees Jolly and the duo will face Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the first round.
India’s other pair Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam also find themselves in the same quarter. They will face fourth seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the first round.
Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are the third Indian pair and they will face a qualifier in the first round. They are placed in the same quarter that has sixth seeded Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida and second seeded South Korean pair Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan.
Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: PV Sindhu & HS Prannoy get tough draws, Saina Nehwal and World No.1 Akane Yamugachi in same quarter – Follow Live Updates
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