Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy are set to embark on a promising begin to 2024 as they eye qualification for the Paris Olympics by way of the Malaysia Open.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth intention to kick off the brand new season on a optimistic be aware as they embark on their marketing campaign on the Malaysia Open, the season-opening BWF Tremendous 1000 occasion in Kuala Lumpur. The stakes are excessive with the Paris Olympic qualification in thoughts. Main the Indian males’s singles cost is the world no.8 HS Prannoy, who had a stellar season final yr, clinching a career-defining bronze medal on the World Championships and breaking India’s 41-year look ahead to a males’s singles medal within the Asian Video games.
Prannoy, seeded eighth, is keen to construct on his spectacular kind as he begins his marketing campaign towards Denmark’s Anders Antonsen within the first spherical, who made a robust comeback after an extended harm layoff by profitable the Korea Open final yr.
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Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy eye victories in Malaysia Open
All eyes are on Lakshya and Srikanth, who try to safe a spot within the prime 16 of the Race to Paris – Olympic qualification rankings after experiencing contrasting fortunes final season. World no. 16 Lakshya’s peak kind was evident when he claimed the Canada Open Tremendous 500 in July final yr, however since then, his efficiency has waned, culminating in a quarter-final defeat on the eighty fifth Senior Nationwide Championships.
Then again, world no.24 Srikanth had an inconsistent yr, failing to succeed in a single semifinal regardless of taking part in in 4 quarterfinals. The Malaysia Open presents a troublesome problem for each gamers as they face formidable opponents within the opening rounds – Lakshya towards China’s Weng Hong Yang and Srikanth towards sixth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia.
Within the males’s doubles part, the second-seeded pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, who reached the semifinals on the final version of the Malaysia Open, are keen to begin the yr sturdy. They face Indonesia’s Muhammad Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana within the first spherical. Contemplating their excellent kind in 2023, together with profitable the Badminton Asia Championships title and Asian Video games males’s doubles gold, they stand as India’s finest guess for a title at this prestigious occasion. The duo additionally secured three BWF titles within the Indonesia Open, Korea Open, and Swiss Open.
