Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have pulled out of the Thailand Open Tremendous 500 match, starting Tuesday, Might 17 in Bangkok, the place they helped India script Thomas Cup historical past. The top-ranked Indian doubles pair will skip the match because of damage issues.
Chirag Shetty suffered a couple of niggles all the way through the Thomas Cup and the pair knowledgeable the Badminton Affiliation of India about their determination to skip the Thailand Open on Monday, consistent with information company PTI.
Satwik and Chirag, ranked No. 8, had been in terrific shape within the Thomas Cup as they received 5 out of the 6 fits en direction India’s superb run to the highest step of the rostrum in Bangkok. Satwik and Chirag had been an important in India’s quarter-final and semi-final wins over Malaysia and Denmark as they helped stage the tie after defeats within the first singles fits.
On Sunday, in opposition to Indonesia, Satwik and Chirag stored 4 fit issues to overcome International No. 1/2 pairing of Kevin Sanjaya and Mohammad Ahsan as India blanked Indonesia 3-0.
SRIKANTH, PRANNOY IN FOCUS
Then again, the focal point in Bangkok this week might be on Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy – the singles heroes of India’s Thomas Cup triumph.
Srikanth will face Brice Leverdez, whilst HS Prannoy, who had pulled off wins within the deciding 3rd singles within the knockout levels, 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 girls’s singles, double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu might be taking part in a qualifier, whilst Saina Nehwal might 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 Ok, are the in fray.
