Indian Players Handed Mixed Draw In Individual Events At Asian Games
NDTV
Star shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu received first-round byes as India were handed a mixed draw in the individual events of badminton competition at the Asian Games on Sunday.
Star shuttlers HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu received first-round byes as India were handed a mixed draw in the individual events of badminton competition at the Asian Games on Sunday. World No. 7 Prannoy, who missed the team championships final due to a back injury will hope to recover in time as he is pitted against Batdavaa Munkhbat of Mongolia in the second round, while Kidambi Srikanth, a former world No. 1, will face Le Duc Phat of Vietnam in the opening round. World championships bronze medallist Prannoy, seeded fifth, might face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia or world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the quarterfinal.
(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)
In women's singles, Sindhu, seventh seed, will open her campaign against Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei in the second round.
The former world champion, who is enduring a tough season, is likely to meet Indonesia's Putri Kusuma Wardani and China's He Bing Jao in the next rounds if she can cross the hurdles.
The other Indian in women's singles, the left-handed Ashmita Chahila also got a bye in the first round and will take on fifth-seeded Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the second round.
