BWF World Badminton Championship – PV Sindhu’s Draw: Defending champion PV Sindhu will have her task cut out at the World Championship beginning on December 12th in Spain. Sindhu has been handed tough draw with her recent times nemesis Pornpawee Chochuwong & Tai Tzu Ying also placed in the same quarter. Follow BWF World Championships Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
PV Sindhu’s Draw: Seeded 6th in 64 Players Draw
- Round 1 Bye
- Round 32 – Winner of little knowns Martina Repiska & Ruselli Hartawan
- Round of 16 – Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA)
- Quarters – Tai Tzu Ying (TPE)
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The 2019 champion is seeded sixth and will be the lone Indian female shuttler in the competition. PV Sindhu will begin with a bye in the first round. Her first opponent will be the winner of the match between Martina Repiska and Ruselli Hartawan. Things get tricky from there as a potential third-round encounter with in-form Thai shuttler Pornpawee Chochuwong awaits.
Sinhu has lost to Pornpawee in last 2 encounters at the All England & recently concluded BWF World Tour Finals.
If PV Sindhu successfully navigates the Thai challenge, she will set up date up with world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinal.
A potential semifinal clash against Carolina Marin is scheduled to come next.
BWF World Championships draw: PV Sindhu title defence looks tough, Pornpawee Chochuwong, Tai Tzu Ying in same Quarter
In-form shuttlers Akane Yamaguchi and An Seyoung, who beat Sindhu in the BWF World Tour Finals, have been drawn in the bottom half.
Highlights from An Seyoung’s brilliant performance against PV Sindhu.
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Among men, India has a total of four shuttlers in the BWF World Championships. Basel 2019 bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth are drawn in the same quarter while Lakshya Sen faces a potential third-round match against world No 2 Kento Momota. HS Prannoy faces Ng Ka Long Angus in the opening round.
India’s lone doubles representatives, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are in the same section of the draw as Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin.
BWF World Badminton Championship – PV Sindhu’s Draw
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