PV Sindhu will direct the charge of India during the Badminton All England Open 2025 tournament.© AFP
The double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will direct the charge of India during the badminton competition of the All England Open 2025, from Birmingham from Tuesday. The Sindhu currently classified 15th will return to the court for the first time since the Indonesia Masters tournament in January, according to Olympics.com. The world number 28 Malvika Bansod is the other challenger from India in the female competition in simple. Coming to male competition, the number 10 of Lakshya Sen is the best classified Indian shuttle of the tournament. He could play against the number 30th HS Prannoy in the quarterfinals, because the two qualify for this stage.
Lakshya reached the semi-finals of the All England championships last year before being defeated by champion Jonatan Christie. He was also the finalists in simple men two years ago.
On the other hand, the duo of double star India male from Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, ranked seventh, which Havenot has played since the January Indonesia Masters, will also be presented in the competition.
The semi-finalists of England All-Allland Pair of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa are the representative of India in the competition of female double with Priya Konjengbam-Shruti Mishra.
The mixed double competition will attend the Indian pairs of Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath and Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto in action.
The All England Open is the most prestigious tournament in the World Badminton World Federation (BWF), with only two Indians, Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand, won him, in the simple competition.
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