Bangkok: Star Couple Couple Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag ShettyWho played an important role in the historical history of India Thomas Cup Victory, kicked out Thailand Open Super 500 tournament is starting from Tuesday.
It is learned that Chirag faced some issues during the tournament and the pair informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to pull out of the tournament this week.
The world number eight pair had lost just one match against Chinese Taipei in the Thomas Cup and brought India back into the competition after early upsets against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarter-finals and semi-finals here.
World Championship silver medalists among other Indian players Kidambi SrikantoThe eighth seed, who remained unbeaten with six wins in the Thomas Cup, will face Bryce Leverdez, while HS Prannoy, who won the deciding third singles in the knockout stages, will meet Darren Lew of Malaysia.
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will take on Japan’s Koki Watanabe, while Saurabh Verma France’s Toma Jr. will take on Popov.
In women’s singles, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will play the qualifiers, while Saina Nehwal Korea will be pitted against Kim Ga Eun.
In men’s doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Gaur Panjala, and Shyam Prasad and S Sunijit, manu attri and B Sumeet Attri, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Prateek, are in the fray.
Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda, Haritha Manajhial Harinarayanan and Aashna Roy, and Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam will try to punch above their weight in the women’s doubles.
In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, Raju Mohammed Rehan and Jamaluddin Anees Kausar, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanishaa Crasto and Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Devangan will lead the Indian team.
It is learned that Chirag faced some issues during the tournament and the pair informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to pull out of the tournament this week.
The world number eight pair had lost just one match against Chinese Taipei in the Thomas Cup and brought India back into the competition after early upsets against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarter-finals and semi-finals here.
World Championship silver medalists among other Indian players Kidambi SrikantoThe eighth seed, who remained unbeaten with six wins in the Thomas Cup, will face Bryce Leverdez, while HS Prannoy, who won the deciding third singles in the knockout stages, will meet Darren Lew of Malaysia.
Tokyo Olympian B Sai Praneeth will take on Japan’s Koki Watanabe, while Saurabh Verma France’s Toma Jr. will take on Popov.
In women’s singles, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will play the qualifiers, while Saina Nehwal Korea will be pitted against Kim Ga Eun.
In men’s doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, and Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Gaur Panjala, and Shyam Prasad and S Sunijit, manu attri and B Sumeet Attri, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Sai Prateek, are in the fray.
Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda, Haritha Manajhial Harinarayanan and Aashna Roy, and Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam will try to punch above their weight in the women’s doubles.
In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, Raju Mohammed Rehan and Jamaluddin Anees Kausar, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanishaa Crasto and Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Devangan will lead the Indian team.