Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 22 (ANI): Following a disappointing efficiency on the Sudirman Cup, India’s high badminton gamers, together with PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy, will probably be striving for a powerful exhibiting on the Malaysia Masters 2023 badminton match, which will probably be held from May 23 to twenty-eight in Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian meet is the tenth match on the 2023 BWF World Tour and the second Super 500 occasion of the season after the Indonesia Masters. The second BWF Super 500 occasion of the season will characteristic 9 Indian gamers, together with Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen.
In the primary spherical, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will face No. 28 Line Christophersen of Denmark, who’s at the moment ranked eleventh within the girls’s singles world rankings. Sindhu has gained the Malaysia Masters two years in a row, in 2013 and 2016. A win right here would possibly assist Sindhu acquire vital factors and vault again into the world’s high ten.
Malvika Bansod will play within the girls’s singles qualifiers.
Former champion Saina Nehwal, who was scheduled to play her opening match in opposition to world No. 1 and high seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in spherical 1, withdrew on the final minute. In the primary draw, Aakarshi Kashyap changed the bronze medalist from the London Olympics in 2012.
In the boys’s singles class, HS Prannoy will face world No. 5 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei within the first spherical.
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth will tackle France’s Toma Junior Popov whereas Commonwealth Games 2022 champion Lakshya Sen will open his marketing campaign in opposition to former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
Interestingly, there aren’t any Indian doubles pairs within the entry record for the match. (ANI)