Thomas Cup winners Satwik-Chirag pull out of Thailand Open

Famous person doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who performed a pivotal function in India’s historical Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Tremendous 500 event starting right here on Tuesday.

It’s learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles right through the event and the pair has knowledgeable the Badminton Affiliation of India on Monday about their determination to skip the development this week.

The sector No. 8 pair had misplaced only one fit within the Thomas Cup — in opposition to Chinese language Taipei and taken India again into the competition after preliminary reversals in opposition to Malaysia and Denmark within the quarterfinals and semifinals right here.

Amongst Indian others in fray, Global Championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth, seeded 8th, who had stayed unbeaten with six wins at Thomas Cup, will face Brice Leverdez, whilst HS Prannoy, who had pulled off wins within the deciding 3rd singles within the knockout phases, meets Malaysia’s Daren Liew.

Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will lock horns with Japan’s Koki Watanabe, whilst Sourabh Verma faces France’s Toma Junior Popov.

In ladies’s singles, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will likely be taking part in a qualifier, whilst Saina Nehwal will likely be pitted in opposition to Korea Kim Ga Eun.

In males’s doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala, and Shyam Prasad and S Sunijith, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Attri, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Pratheek Okay, are the in fray.

Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda, Haritha Manazhiyil Harinarayanan and Ashna Roy, and Ashwini Bhat Okay and Shikha Gautam will likely be taking a look to punch above their weight within the ladies’s doubles.

B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, and Raju Mohamed Rehan and Jamaludeen Anees Kowsar, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto, and Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan will lead Indian price in blended doubles.