Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu handed simple group-stage draw, Satwiksairaj-Chirag Shetty face powerful oppositions

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu has been seeded sixth and drawn in Group J within the ladies’s singles subject whereas Sai Praneeth has been seeded thirteenth. Sindhu, the reigning world champion, will probably be main India’s cost on the Games. PV Sindhu is coaching on the Gachibowli badminton stadium for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSPV Sindhu is seeded sixth in ladies’s singles at Tokyo OlympicsSindhu is prone to face Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt in Round of 16 on the GamesSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face powerful attract males’s doublesReigning world champion and Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu has been handed a comparatively simpler group-stage draw on the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu has been seeded sixth within the ladies’s singles badminton occasion on the Games, beginning July 13 in Tokyo.

PV Sindhu, who caught the eye of a complete nation when she gained the silver medal on the Rio Olympics, has been drawn in Group J.Sindhu will face Hong Kong’s world quantity 34 Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova, ranked 58th within the group stage.She is prone to face World No. 12 Mia Blichfeldt (who has been drawn in Group I) within the Round of 16. In singles, a participant has to win the group of three to progress to the final 16.Players have been divided into 14 teams and the Group A and P winners (teams with high 2 seeds) will obtain byes in Round of 16.Meanwhile, world championship bronze medalist Sai Praneeth has been seeded thirteenth and drawn in Group D. He is prone to face Angus Ka Long of Chinese Taipei, supplied each of them win their teams.Praneeth should go previous world no 29 Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands and Israel’s Misha Zilberman, ranked forty seventh.SATWIK-CHIRAG FACE TOUGH DRAWSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, nonetheless, have been handed a tricky draw after being slotted in Group A.The Indian duo should compete towards high seed Indonesian pair of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Chinese Taipei’s world no 3 Lee yang and Wang Chi Lin and England duo of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, ranked 18th.The winner and runners-up from every group will progress to the quarter-finals.Click right here for IndiaImmediately.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.