India at the World Badminton Championships: All eyes on Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth to bring home medals
India have been taking big steps in badminton world with shuttlers as Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth winning titles on a consistent basis. Other Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu, Kashyap Parupalli HS Prannoy also have been doing relatively well, so the laurels of India.
These crops shuttlers will face his biggest of the 22nd edition of the Badminton World Championships in Indonesia, starting from August 10 test.
Although competition has become an annual event since 2006, it is one of the biggest tournaments in badminton, which witnesses world’s best players in action.
The players give their all to be crowned “world champion”.
Saina Nehwal could have been seeded second for the World Badminton Championships, but she faces stiff competition from the likes of China, Li Xuerui and Wang Shixian, top seed and Ratchanok Intanon Carolina Marin, among other top female shuttlers.
Indian PV Sindhu was seeded 11th in the competition and one can not have high hopes of his considering that has been injured for most of the season. Sindhu could not even participate in All England and India Open.
Therefore, the onus is on Saina Nehwal, who has not won a medal at the World Championships so far. This may come as a surprise to many, but the Shuttler has failed to go beyond the quarterfinals.
But there are plenty of hope Saina this time after his good run so far this year, having won the Super Series India Open Grand Prix Gold and finishing second prize at the All England Open.
Besides Saina, India a close eye on the boys, where Kidambi Srikanth has been outstanding, as a result of which the Indian has been seeded third in the competition is also maintained.
Srikanth won high competition emerged as the Swiss Open and Indian Open, which has boosted his confidence to take some of the best in the business.
The other two Indians, Parupalli Kashyap and HS Prannoy have been planted 10 and 11, respectively. Both players have in them to thrash the great players of the world, as seen in the recent past.
In women’s doubles, Badminton Duo Ponnappa India Ashwini and Jwala Gutta, who have been seeded 13, must have confidence after putting some prolific screen transport to win the Canadian Open last month. It was his first title after the duo decided to split after the 2012 Olympics and later returned to play together.
The couple has already won a bronze medal in the World Championships in 2011 and the duo will be eager to improve the record in this case. Pradnya Gadre / N. sikki Reddy and Dhanya Nair / mohita Sahdev are the other two pairs of India.
