India seeded 9/16 in Sudirman Cup badminton to be held in Finland from September 26

As anticipated China, the 11-time champions have been given prime billing adopted by the four-time champions South Korea and Indonesia within the Sudirman Cup badminton blended crew championship to be held from September 26 to October 3 at Vantaa in Finland.
India together with England, Russia and Egypt have been positioned within the 9 to 16 bracket.
Dronacharya awardee and nationwide coach P Gopichand and Badminton Association of India basic secretary Ajay Kumar Singhania are joyful that motion might be again in badminton courts earlier than anticipated.
“We have strong players in all categories. And hopefully, we can do well,’’ Gopichand told indianexpress.com on Wednesday. “We’re just fine with seeding. It is good. Eventually, it’s just the seeding,” he added.
Meanwhile, Singhania stated {that a} choice trial might be held within the subsequent 10 days in Hyderabad however the official choice “will be announced on Thursday after deliberating with state units and the dates for the national camp and other modalities will be decided after the trial,” Singhania advised indianexpress.com.
The Indian crew has reached the quarterfinals as soon as earlier than dropping to the eventual champions China in 2011. Indians made their debut in 2009, 20 years after the match started which was received by Indonesia in 1989.
Sudirman Cup seeding
1. China 2. Japan 3. Indonesia 4. Chinese Taipei .5/8 South Korea, Thailand Denmark, Malaysia, 9/16 India, England, Canada, Germany, Russia France, Australia and Egypt
BWF cancels extra tournaments
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has cancelled two – Korea Open 2021, Macau Open 2021 – extra tournaments owing to Covid-19 restrictions leaving no alternative for native organisers.
It additionally introduced new dates for Thomas & Uber Cup Finals to be hosted by Denmark in Aarhus from October 9 to 17 and World Tour Finals to be held at Bali might be carried out from December 1 to five
At least a dozen tournaments throughout the globe have been cancelled earlier by the BWF together with the Hyderabad Open to be held from August 24.
However, India will host three tournaments – Syed Modi India International, a BWF World Tour Super 300 occasion, from October 12 – 17 at Lucknow, India Junior International GP from October 14 – 17 at Pune and Infosys Foundation India International Challenge from October 19 – 24 at Bengaluru.
The BWF World Junior Championships have been postponed for apparent causes however the world governing physique didn’t give different dates or venues. The blended crew championships had been to be held in China from October 4 to 10 whereas the junior occasion was to be organised from October 11 – 17.
Meanwhile, the BWF has upgraded the SaarLorLux Open 2021 in Saarbrücken, Germany to Hylo Open, a BWF World Tour Super 500 standing and with stopovers in Denmark and France.
Indians do effectively
Early this week, India’s Tasnim Mir clinched the gold medal within the Bulgarian Junior Open Championship after defeating Mariia Golubeva of Russia 21-10, 21-12 and in blended doubles Tasnim partnering Ayan Rashid received a bronze medal defeating Lev Barinov and Anastasiia Boiarun 20-22, 10-21. In Denmark Masters, No. 2 seeded Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy completed runners-up after the Indian ladies’s doubles pair went all the way down to top-seeded pair Amalie Magelund and Freja Ravn of Denmark 21-15, 19-21,14-21.