. two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014 and a silver medal last year, Sindhu has an impressive record at the World Championship.
His epic finale against Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in Glasgow last year was one of the biggest games of all time. 110 minutes. The Indian hopes that his love story will continue in Nanjing
Prannoy HS, Ashwini Ponnappa, Viktor Axelsen, Dan Lin. The 23-year-old from Hyderabad was very consistent with six final appearances last year, from which he won the India Open, Korea Open and Syed Modi International, but she lost the final to the Worlds, Dubai Super Series and Hong Kong
This season too, Sindhu has entered the clashes of the India Open, the Commonwealth Games and the Thailand Open but a title has escaped him and she would like to improve her win-loss statistic in the big finals. She will meet Korea's Sung Ji Hyun in the third round, which will probably put her in front of Nozomi Okuhara, defending champion and familiar enemy, in the quarter-finals
"I really want to do well in the World Championship. to be a tough draw in the world championship, so I can not relax, "said Sindhu, who will play the role of Fitriani in his first game.
" I know everyone is talking about Nozomi and my match but before that, there is Sung Ji Hyun, who is an easy player. "
Saina Nehwal, two-time Commonwealth Games champion, also won a silver medal and a bronze medal in 2015 and 2017. She was hoping to escape her recent indifferent form and go at full speed, looking for The 28-year-old, who opens her campaign against Swiss Sabrina Jaquet or Turkey's Aliye Demirbag, will have to face the champion of 2013 Ratchanok Intano Thailand and Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the third and fourth rounds. In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth, who won four titles last season and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games this year, will also try to realize his long-term dream of winning a medal at his opening match against # 39; Ireland. Nhat Nguyen is expected to meet the 13th seeded Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the third round.
While triple Olympic silver medalist Lee Chong Wei, of Malaysia, retires due to poor health, Srikanth HS Prannoy, who has had a difficult season due to multiple injuries , will begin his campaign with a clash against Australian Abhinav Manota and two tricky opponents at Wong in Hong Kong. Winger Ki Vincent and Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei could block the quarter-finals, where he should meet All England champion Shi Yuqi.
"I think I have a good draw, in an event like the World Championships you can not expect things to be easy, so I have to be on my guard right from the start . "
Among others, B Sai Praneeth has been in bad shape this season, but the Indian has been given a walk even before having walked the field after a formidable Korean. His Wan Ho is disengaged and will face the Spanish Luis Enrique Penalver in his first match
Sameer Verma will also have to put forward his "A" in his first match against the French Lucas Corvee. In the Men's Doubles, CWG silver medalists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face Olympic bronze medalists Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge of England
Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, CWG bronze medalists will face Chiang Kai Hsin from Chinese Taipei. and Hung Shih Han in the women's doubles
Ashwini and Sikki will also join Satwik and Pranaav Jerry Chopra for the mixed doubles event
Other Indians in action include the men's doubles champion Manu. Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, Russian vice-champion Open Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg, and Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh
The young couple Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok, and Tarun Kona and Saurabh Sharma will also compete in the men's doubles
Kuhoo Garg and Ningshi Block Hazarika, Jakkampudi Meghana and S Ram Poorvisha, as well as Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant in the women's doubles are also in action.
With the contributions of PTI