The Indian badminton contingent is all set to ply its trade in the 27th BWF World Championships in Tokyo starting August 22 and will hope to replicate it success at the Commonwealth Games 2022. After winnings six medals at the CWG 2022, including three gold, the shuttlers will want to continue the momentum they built in with some success in Tokyo too.
India’s medal hopes at the world championships were dealt a body blow when star shuttler PV Sindhu announced that she will be pulling out of the tournament due to an injury. Sindhu, who won the only gold for India at the championships in 2019 was coming off from a gold in CWG as well, however, a stress fracture on her left foot ruled her out of the tournament.
However, 26 more players from India will be in action and the likes of Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, the CWG gold medallists will be the top medal contenders among others. While Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will also be competing in the men’s singles, veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal has also returned.
However, draws tell a dull picture as far as men’s singles is concerned as the trio of Lakshya, Srikanth and Prannoy all are in the same half, which means, only one of them would reach the semi-finals. However, the doubles duo of Satwik-Chirag is placed better as far as the medal contention is concerned as they will start their challenge from Round of 32 with the probability of facing either pair Indonesian pair — Minions (Kevin Sukamuljo/Marcus Gideon) or the Daddies (Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan).
The bronze medallist women’s doubles pairs of Treesa Jolly and G. Pullela after advancing to Round of 32 will have to face the CWG gold medallist duo from Malaysia, Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan.
Sai Praneeth vs Chou Tien-Chen
Kidambi Srikanth vs Nhat Nguyen
Lakshya Sen vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus
HS Prannoy vs Luka Wraber
Women’s Singles (Round of 64)
Malvika Bansod vs Line Christophersen
Saina Nehwal vs Cheung Ngan Yi
Men’s Doubles (Round of 64)
MR Arjun / Dhruv Kapila vs Supak Jomkoh / Kittinupong Kedren
Manu Attri / B Sumeeth Reddy vs Hiroki Okamura / Masayuki Onodera
Krishna Prasad Garaga / Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala vs Fabien Delrue / William Villeger Second Round
Round of 32
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs TBD (Solis Jonathan / Anibal Marroquin or Jonathan Curtin / Dylan Soedjasa)
Women’s Singles (Round of 64)
Pooja Dandu / Sanjana Santosh vs Ines Lucia Castillo Salzar / Paula La Torre Legal
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy vs Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fahimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq
Treesa Jolly / Gayathri Gopichand vs Low Yeen Yuan / Valeree Siow
Mixed Doubles (Round of 64)
Venkat Gaurav Prasad / Juhi Dewangan vs Gregory Mairs / Jenny Moore
Ishaan Bhatnagar / Tanisha Crasto vs Patrick Scheiel / Franziska Volkmann
BWF World Championships 2022 schedule
Round of 64 – August 22, 23
Round of 32 – August 23, 24
Round of 16 – August 25
Quarter-finals – August 26
Semi-finals – August 27
Final – August 28
When and where to watch BWF World Championships 2022?
The world championships will begin at 7:30 AM IST and will be live telecasted on Sports18. The live streaming of the tournament will be available on Voot app and website.
