Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 18 (ANI): Odisha’s satisfaction in badminton has scaled new heights as Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda, India’s first sibling pair within the sport, are set to symbolize India on the Paris World Badminton Championship scheduled from August 25 to 31.
The duo met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. The Chief Minister prolonged his blessings and finest needs to each gamers, expressing hope that their efficiency would convey laurels not solely to Odisha but in addition to the nation.
Last yr, the Indian pair suffered a defeat within the ladies’s doubles of the Indonesia Open 2024.
Rutaparna and Swetaparna conceded a 21-12, and 21-9 loss towards South Korea’s Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong within the first spherical of the Indonesia Open. The match lasted for simply 36 minutes. The South Korean opponent dominated the sport from the very first second and beat the Indian pair in straight two units.
Rutaparna and Swetaparna Panda additionally bowed out following a 21-16, 21-13 defeat by the hands of Japanese second seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi within the ladies’s doubles second spherical within the Thailand Open.
In the 2023 World Championships, China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan have been the winners in ladies’s doubles. (ANI)