Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will lead the Indian challenge at the Malaysia Masters 2023, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur from May 23-28.
A total of 32 Indian players, over five categories, will feature in the Masters 500 event.
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In the 2022 edition of the tournament, Prannoy had reached the semi-final in the men's singles category while Sindhu crashed out of the quarter-final in the women's singles category.
Which Indian players are participating in the Malaysia Masters 2023?
Men's singles: HS Prannoy, K Srikanth, Lakshya Sen
Men's singles qualifying: Priyanshu Rajawat, Mithun Manjunath, Sai Praneeth, ML Maisnam, S Sankar Muthswamy Subramanian, K Gulshan Kumar, Subhankar Dey.
Women's singles: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal
Women's singles qualifying: Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha, G Ruthvika Shivani
Men's doubles: Chirag Shetty/ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, MR Arjub/Dhruv Kapila
Women's doubles: Ritika Thaker/Simran Singh, Treesa Jolly, G Gopichand Pullela.
Mixed doubles: Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy, Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Dewangan, A Rajaram/Nila Valluvan, Raju Mohamed Rehan/J Anees Kowsar.
Who are the first round opponents?
Saina Nehwal, who is returning from injury, has the toughest draw among the Indians as she starts her campaign against World No 1 Akane Yamaguchi.
The first-round opponents of other leading Indian contenders are as follows:
Women's singles: PV Sindhu vs Line Christophersen (DEN)
Men's singles: Kidambi Srikanth vsToma Junior Popov (FRA), HS Prannoy vs 6-Chou Tien Chen (TPE), Lakshya Sen: 7-Loh Kean Yew (SGP)
Men's doubles: 5-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Ben Lane/Sean Vendy (ENG)
How to watch Malaysia Masters 2023?
The matches will be streamed LIVE on BWF’s official Youtube Channel BWF TV.
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