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PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen lead India’s marketing campaign at Indonesia Masters 2022

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All eyes might be on PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen as the 2 seeded Indian shuttlers will look to proceed their spectacular run on the tour on the Indonesia Masters Super 500 match in Jakarta from Tuesday, June 7. The Indian badminton stars might be eager on taking advantage of the Asian leg, which options 3 Super 500, a Super 1000 and a Super 750 tournaments, within the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games.

Saina Nehwal, who missed the Uber Cup and isn’t a part of the Commonwealth Games squad, will look to show some extent and shake off her poor run. However, the London Olympics bronze medalist is ready to run into Rio gold medalist Carolina Marin as early because the 2nd spherical in girls’s singles.

Lakshya and HS Prannoy, the heroes of India’s historic Thomas Cup triumph, have been drawn to conflict within the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters.

Lakshya Sen, seeded seventh, will tackle Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in a difficult opening spherical conflict.The top-ranked Indian has a 0-2 head-to-head document towards Kristian.

Sen final confronted him within the Denmark Open in 2020 when he misplaced his pre-quarterfinal to the house favorite. The 20-year-old could be eager to higher his document towards Kristian.

In the absence of Thomas Cup hero Kidambi Srikkanth, the principle draw has 4 Indians with the opposite two being Parupalli Kashyap and Sameer Verma.

Prannoy may also run right into a Danish man in Rasmus Gemke, the identical opponent the Indian defeated within the must-win third singles within the Thomas Cup semifinals. Drawn within the top-half, thirty seventh seed Kashyap will face Tzu Wei Wang and if he overcomes the primary spherical hurdle then he’s anticipated to lock horns with world No. 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.

SINDHU EYES DOMINANT RUN

After making a semifinal exit within the Thailand Open, double Olympic medallist Sindhu will look to go all the way in which. She will start with a conflict towards Line Christophersen of Denmark.

Saina will open her marketing campaign towards Denmark’s World No. 33. Line Hoejmark Kjaersfeldt. Saina has not managed to go previous the 2nd spherical in any of the tournaments she has performed within the ongoing season. With damage considerations plaguing her progress, the star shutter was ousted within the opening spherical at Thailand Open in May.

In the lads’s doubles, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will tackle native lads Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan.

There are two Indian pairs within the girls’s doubles part, which incorporates Ashwini Ponappa-Sikki Reddy and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker. (With PTI inputs)