Hong Kong Super: Chirag and Satvik ready for new missions, India’s victory in Hong Kong Super Series

Hong Kong India’s star doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are ready for the next mission in the recent bronze medal at the World Championships. The Mains pair will once again lead India’s challenge in the Hong Kong Super 500 badminton tournament starting on Tuesday. The pair, ranked third in the world rankings, won their second bronze medal in the World Championship due to a great performance in Paris. The pair has been a consistent performance with continuity in the current season. He has reached the semi -finals of several competitions including India, Malaysia, China and Singapore on the BWF tour.

The eighth seed will start their campaign against Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Ciah and Wang Chi-Lin. Two -time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu indicated a return to the form by defeating Wang Jhi Yi of China in the World Championship. His campaign, however, could not move beyond the quarter -finals. In Hong Kong, Sindhu will have a challenge to perform a better performance in his first match against Denmark’s line Christfarsen.

The US Open champion Ayush Shetty, one of the emerging stars of this year, has a difficult contest against China’s Lu Guang Zhu in the first round. Former World No. Six Lakshya Sen has been looking for rhythm since missing a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. He will try to gain confidence against Wang Tju Wei of Chinese Taipei. This 24 -year -old player has been troubled by injury and defeat in close matches this year.

HS Prannoy, who faced defeat in a tough match against Anders Antonsen of Denmark in Paris, will once again have a difficult challenge. He will start his campaign against Japan’s fifth seed Kodai Naroka. In the women’s singles, Anupama Upadhyay will face Japan’s fourth seed Tomoka Miazaki, while Rakshita Ramraj will compete with Thailand’s former world champion and fifth seed Ratchanok Intanon.

In the doubles, Hariharan Amardakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rathinas Bapati will also try their luck and female pair of Rutparna and Svetparna Panda. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Krasto, who arrived in the quarter-finals of the World Championship, “Mixed pair will face Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Kuan and Suyyin-Hui. Rohan Kapoor and Gaddhed will be the second-seeded China’s Feng Dong Ping’s challenge in front of the mixed pair.