Indian shuttlers face tough draws as the schedule for the individual competitions at the Asian Games were announced on Thursday.
the men’s team won silver, and HS Prannoy won bronze in men’s singles While Rankireddy and Shetty claimed the top prize in men’s doubles. At Hangzhou 2023, Indian shuttlers won three medals, including a first-ever badminton gold.
In men’s singles, while top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen received an opening round bye, he will face former world champion Loh Kean Yew, who also received a bye, in the second round. If Sen gets past Yew, the world No. In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will open against Lok Lok Lui and Hiu Yan Tsang of Hong Kong.
14 will easily reach the quarter-finals where he will likely face world No. 1 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. Ayush Shetty also received a first-round bye but will face his first real test in Round 3 against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. If they win they run into Japanese world No.3 Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto in Round 2. In mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will face Nibal Ahmed and Abdul Razzaq Aminath Nabeeha of Maldives in Round 1.
The Indian combine beat Yuki and Mayu in the team quarter-finals earlier this week.
Indian badminton has already secured a medal with the men’s team claiming bronze.
