Newly-topped All England Open champion Chen Yufei and defending men’s singles champion Shi Yuqi have been given the top billing at the India Open, which starts offevolved at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on 26 March.
After eight years at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, this time, the $350 000 matches will no longer most effectively have a brand-new cope but are also set to welcome the most important Chinese contingent ever.
The Indian task might be spearheaded by PV Sindhu, 2nd seed and 2017 winner, and two-time champion Saina Nehwal, seeded 5th this time.
Sindhu takes on any other Indian Mugdha Agrey, while Nehwal will face Cai Yanyan in their first spherical furniture. Sindhu should face defending champion Beiwen Zhang in the semi-very. At the same time, Intanon will offer Nehwal a difficult test within the sector finals, as they must both develop past the outlet rounds.
Vrushali Gummadi and Sai Uttejitha Rao are the alternative Indians in the important draw of ladies’ singles. India has a robust illustration within the men’s singles phase, with six shuttlers vying for the identity. While 2015 champion Kidambi Srikanth has been seeded third, BWF World Tour Finals semi-finalist Sameer Verma is the fifth seed.
Srikanth takes on Wong Wing Ki Vincent even as Verma will face Rasmus Gemke inside the beginning spherical. Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap, and Subhankar Dey will also convey the home hopes.
The 1/3-seeded guys’ doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will begin their 2019 season at the India Open amid high expectations. Former National Champions Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy are the most effective Indian pair, seeded sixth.
2018 World Championships zone-finalists Satwiksairaj Rankieddy and Ashwini Ponnappa are the 8th within the mixed doubles draw that’s led by the Chinese pair of Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping, the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals champions.
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy are unseeded and will face the fourth seeds, Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja, within the second spherical. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist integration of Reddy and Ponnappa will look to drag off a disappointment over the sixth seeds Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu in the girls’ doubles, Having disillusioned world No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the very last of the All England Open remaining week, global No 2 Yufei will command a variety of attention as she battles it out with India’s fine on the World Tour Super 500 occasion.
The most important draw of ladies’ singles has as many as six Chinese shuttlers, with global No. 7 He Bingjiao and global No. 14 Han Yue receiving the 1/3 and 7th seeding, respectively. Former champion and 2012 Olympic gold medallist Li Xuerui makes her return, while Chen Xiaoxin and Cai Yanyan are the other Chinese inside the draw.
Shi Yuqi, whose All England name defense ended in the semi-finals to Viktor Axelsen, will desire to rebound on the India Open. The world No. 2 Chinese, who begins his venture in opposition to compatriot Huang Yuxiang, may want to meet his countryman Zhou in the region finalsinals. Lu Guangzhou and ranked Zhao Junpeng will clash in but another all-Chinese face-off. The distinctly famous Viktor Axelsen, second seed this time and winner in 2017, will look to maintain his comeback after attaining the final of the All-England Open.
