Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the Australian Open Tremendous 300 badminton event starting right here on Tuesday. Srikanth, thus, joined Lakshya Sen and doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankreddy and Chirag Shetty in withdrawing from the USD 180,000 event. Positioned at quantity 10 within the Race to Guanzhou rankings, Srikanth wanted to win the event to have any hopes of qualifying for the season-ending World Tour Remaining in December. However the 29-year-old from Guntur, who had claimed the bronze medal at Commonwealth Video games and likewise performed a heroic position in India’s epic Thomas Cup win this 12 months, determined to present it a miss.
Srikanth had reached the semifinals in his final event at Hylo Open in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Indian had completed on the final 4 at Korea Open and Swiss Open as effectively. His withdrawl means HS Prannoy will India’s solely illustration on the World Tour Finals, particularly after the double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu too pulled out of the Guangzhou occasion on Sunday.
India’s problem at Australian Open shall be led by Sameer Verma, who’s getting back from an extended damage lay-off. He’ll open his marketing campaign in opposition to Nathan Tang.
Sameer, who’s a former world no. 11, had received three BWF tournaments — Swiss Open, Hyderabad Open and Syed Modi Worldwide in 2018 to qualify for the World Tour Remaining however he misplaced his rhythm after that, adopted by COVID-induced break. His return final 12 months was shortlived as he needed to retire from Denmark Open quarterfinals with a calf damage. He additionally had points along with his hip and shoulder. He seemed in good contact throughout his three-game win over world no. 8 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting within the French Open.
Mithun Manjunath, who had reached the finals at Orleans Masters Tremendous 100 occasion and two worldwide problem in Nagpur and Bengaluru, shall be up in opposition to second seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
In ladies’s singles, Tanya Hemanth shall be up in opposition to Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia and Anwesha Gowda will meet native participant Pitchaya Elysia Viravong. In doubles, ladies’s pair of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker and males’s mixture of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi may even be within the fray.
