PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal to lead India in Madrid Spain Masters Badminton Tournament
The badminton tournament of Madrid Spain Masters 2023 has begun. PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will lead India in this tournament. PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma will also open India’s campaign. On the very first day of the start of the tournament, PV Sindhu’s match is against Janjira Stadelmann of Switzerland. This is a women’s singles match. In this tournament, PV Sindhu is the second seeded player in women’s singles behind Rio 2016 champion Carolina Marin.
And on the very first day, Indian player Aakarshi Kashyap will face Michelle Lee of Canada. Apart from women, there are also competitions for men on this day. In men’s singles, Srikanth will take on Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin. Apart from him, B Sai Praneeth will take on Czech Republic’s Jan Lauda.
Apart from these bouts, Sameer Verma will play Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen and Priyanshu Rajawat will take on Viktor Svensen of Denmark. In men’s doubles, India’s Satwiksairaj Raniki Reddy and Chirag Shetty will play with Japan’s Ayato Endo and Yuta Takei.
Sindhu has been out of top ranking recently
Let us tell you that after failing to defend the women’s singles title at the Swiss Open last week, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu dropped out of the world’s top 10 in the latest BWF (World Badminton Federation) rankings released on Tuesday. Sindhu was out for a long time due to injury.
She failed to find the rhythm after her comeback. The 27-year-old from Hyderabad has slipped two places to 11th position with 60,448 points. Former world champion Sindhu’s career best ranking is two. It remained in the top 10 since November 2016. She reached the top 10 for the first time in August 2013. In men’s singles, HS Prannoy remained steady at number eight in the world rankings.
And Kidambi Srikanth has dropped a place to be at 21st position. Lakshya Sen is at 25th position. Men’s doubles pair of Swiss Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty consolidated their position at the sixth position in the rankings. The women’s doubles pair of Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand remained static at 18th position.
