The double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will be the spearhead of the Indian challenge at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament, which will start on Tuesday. In this WORLD FEDEATION (BWF) super 500 badminton tournament, the world’s number 16 is the best rated Indian shuttle in the female category and will compete against the world number 20 in Japan, Natsuki Nidaira in the first round, according to the Olympic Games.com. Sindhu jumped the Taipei Open and the Thailand Open earlier this month, and its best performance this year is the end of the Indian Open in January. Prannoy also participated in the Southirman Cup at the beginning of the month.
Malvika Bansod, the 23rd of the Singles Female Contest and Unati Hooda, 17, who reached the semi-finals of the Taipei Open earlier this month, will also be in competition.
HS Prannoy, the world number 35 in the simple ranking, will compete with the fifth seed and the number 12 of Japan, Kenta Nishimoto. The world’s number 33, Priyanshu Rajawat, is the best classified male player in the absence of the Senator of Lakshya, the 18th, the 18th.
The male draw also includes Ayush Shetty and Sathish Karunakaran.
Coming to the male double, the main draw presents the world number 40 Hariharan Amsakarunan and Kumar Rethinasabapathi ribbon and the qualifications will include Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K.
The world pair number 19 of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will represent India in the mixed double competition as the best classified pair.
Malaysia Masters 2025 badminton: India Squad
Male singles: Ayush Shetty, Sathish Karunakaran, HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat; Qualifying – Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun MannePalli, Sankar Subramanian
Men’s doubles: Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi; Qualifying – Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy -Sai Pratheek K
Singles for women: PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod, Unnati Hooda; Qualifying: Anmol Kharb, Tasnim Mir
Doubles of women: Vaishnavi Khadkekar-calsha Khan, prerana alvekar-mrunmayee Deshpande, Kavipriya Selvam-Simran Singhi, Rashmi Ganesh-Sania Sikkandar
Mixed doubles: Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde, Ashith Sury-Amrutha Pramuresh, Sathish Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath; Qualifying: Mohit Jaglan-Lakshita Jaglan, Shivam Sharma-Poorvisha S Ram.
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