Malaysia Masters 2023: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Indian Shuttlers Eye Good Outing After Sudirman Cup Flop Show
Indian shuttlers had a disappointing performance in the Sudirman Cup 2023. They will now look to get back to form in the upcoming Malaysia Masters 2023.
Kuala Lumpur, May 22 (PTI): Star Indian shuttlers, including PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy, will have to quickly get over the disappointment of the Sudirman Cup result when they begin their campaign at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament starting here on Tuesday. None of the top singles players could win their respective matches during the marquee clashes against Chinese Taipei and Malaysia as India made an early exit from the world mixed team championships in China. Latest BWF World Rankings: HS Prannoy Jumps to No. 7, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Climb New Career-Highs.
The doubles pairs also couldn't get going as India were beaten 4-1 and 5-0 by Taipei and Malaysia.
Back to the world tour events, the Indian shuttlers will look for redemption when especially keeping the Paris Olympic qualification in mind.
Sixth seed Sindhu, who had lost to Tokyo silver medallist Tai Tzu Ying and Goh Jin Wei last week, will meet Denmark's, Line Christophersen.
Prannoy will get a chance to settle the scores when he faces sixth seed Chou Tien Chen again after his loss against the Taipei player in Suzhou.
Kidambi Srikanth also had lost his match against Malaysia and will hope to get some confidence back with a win against Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in the opening round.
Lakshya Sen, who was in the reverse list in Sudirman Cup and didn't get to play any matches, will open against former world champion Loh Kean Yew from Singapore.
Fifth seed Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fought hard before going down in both their matches in China. They will square off against Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in their opening round. What is Spin Serve in Badminton Banned by BWF on Temporary Basis?
In the qualification round, Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth, Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat are in the fray.
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