PV Sindhu will face Chinese He Bing Jiao while Lakshya Sen faces compatriot HS Prannoy among some of the big-ticket clashes at the BWF Indonesia Open 2022 badminton tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday. The BWF Indonesia Open 2022 can be seen live on Sports18 channels from Wednesday. (More Badminton News)
World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth, Thomas Cup hero HS Prannoy, who missed the Indonesia Masters earlier this month are back in action. Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal, who was slated to play Carolina Marin in opening round, will skip the event.
However, India’s top-ranked men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who gave Indonesia Masters a miss, will also be nit available in this tournament as they are preparing for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
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Viacom18 has the broadcast rights of BWF Indonesia Open 2022. Sports18 1 and Sports18 1 HD will live telecast the BWF Indonesia Open 2022 matches in India from 7:30 AM onwards. The live streaming of BWF Indonesia Open 2022 will be available on Voot app.
In other men’s singles opening round matches, B Sai Praneeth faces Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark. Srikanth will face Chinese Wang Tzu Wei. In the absence of Satwik-Sairaj pair, the men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will open their account against Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi of Japan.
In another men’s doubles match, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy are ready for the challenge posed by third-seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan.
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India squad for Indonesia Open 2022
Men’s Singles: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth.
Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu
Men’s Doubles: B Sumeeth Reddy-Attri Manu, MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila, Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
Women’s Doubles: N Sikki Reddy-Ashwini Ponnappa, Srivedya Gurazada(IND)-Ishika Jaiswal (USA), Haritha Manazhiyil Harinarayan-Ashna Roy, Ashwini Bhat-Shikha Gautam, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand
Mixed Doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar-Tanisha Crasto
