The World Badminton Championships start in Jakarta tomorrow. Led by Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth, India will be fielding its biggest contingent at the prestigious championships which will be held at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium. It is for the first time that India will have two players in the top 5 — Saina (World No 2 in women's singles) and Srikanth (World No 3 in men's singles). Saina has got a bye in the first round and will start her campaign in the second round, taking on the winner of the match between Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi and Kati Tolmoff of Estonia. In the men's singles, third seed Srikanth will face Michael Fariman of Australia in the first round. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, seeded 10th, will square up against Erik Meijs of The Netherlands. Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold winner H S Prannoy, seeded 11th, who was out of action because of a foot injury, will make a comeback at the event with a match against Alex Yuwan Tjong of Brazil.Young P V Sindhu had clinched the bronze medal twice in 2013 and 2014 editions after women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa ended India's 28-year-old medal drought at the World Championships in 2011. They will also be seen in action at the prestigious tournament.
News On AIR | August 9, 2015 8:54 PM
World Badminton Championships to start in Jakarta tomorrow