Lakshya Sen opts for relaxation after All England heroics, skips Swiss Open

All England Open 2022 finalist Lakshya Sen has determined to go for relaxation over that includes on the Swiss Open Super 300, starting on Tuesday, March 21. After an exhausting 2 weeks through which Lakshya reached the ultimate of the German Open and the distinguished All England Open, the 20-year-old

However, the likes of double-Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, world championships silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth and London Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal will probably be in motion on the Swiss Open.

While Sen has been sensational within the final two weeks, high gamers Sindhu, Srikanth and Saina Nehwal failed to achieve the quarterfinals at Birmingham and would eye a greater present this week.

While Sindhu and Saina misplaced within the second spherical in each German Open and All England Championships, Srikanth had reached the final 8 in Germany.

Sindhu, seeded second, the 2019 World champion, will tackle Denmark’s world no 32 Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt in her opening spherical, whereas Saina opens towards China’s seventh seed Wang Zhi Yi.

Srikanth, who has regarded in good contact since his World Championships bronze, will face a qualifier in his males’s singles opener.

Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will meet compatriot HS Prannoy in his opening match, whereas former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will sq. off towards a qualifier.

In girls’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap has been pitted towards Germany’s Yvonne Li within the opening spherical.

Third-seeded males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who had gained the India Open in January, will open towards Indonesian mixture of Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana.

MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala can even be in motion in males’s doubles.

ALL EYES ON GAYATRI-JOLLY

Following their sensational run on the All England Championships the place they made it to the semifinals, all eyes can even be on Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand after they start towards second seed Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.

Sixth seeded Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will meet Switzerland’s Aline Müller and Jenjira Stadelmann.

In combined doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto, and Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan will probably be in motion. (With PTI Inputs)