Macau Open: Satwik Chirag Eye Title Run; Lakshya, Prannoy look at it to regain the form of the world championships | Badminton News – Times of India

Macau: Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will strive to expand their consistent run and take their first title of the season on the Macau Open Super 300, from Tuesday, while the best Indian shuttlers will continue their preparations for next month’s world championships in Paris. The Asian Games champions earned a semi -final last week on the China Open Super 1000 and went to the Malaysian second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.It has been a season of steady versions for the World No. 3 -pair, who made the semi -final in the India Open, Singapore Open and Malaysia open in addition to reaching the quarterfinals at the Indonesia open. However, they finished a second round in the Japan last week.Despite several deep runs, Satwik and Chirag, this week, must be sown in second place, turn their form into a title win – something that they would like to change in the French capital. They are confronted with the Malaysian duo of Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong in the opening round.In the Singles for men, the former mixed medal winner Lakshya Sen will hope to rediscover his touch for the world championships.The 23-year-old from Almora has shown a glimpse of his potential, but has difficulty concluding important races, including scary losses for Li Shi Feng, Kodai Naraoka and Shi Yu Qi in recent trips.Sen is opened against Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin.In the meantime, HS Prannoy, the bronze medal winner of the World Championships 2023, will try to merge a strong run after a second round of exit at the China Open. The 33-year-old starts his campaign against a qualification.Teen Sensation Ayush Shetty, seventh, will also be in Focus after achieving his first BWF title on the US Open Super 300 last month. He is confronted with the Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu Kai in the first round.Fresh from a bronze medal at the mixed team event of the World University Games, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran will try to make an impact on the BWF tour when he opens against Justin Hoh in Malaysia.In other men’s matches, Manraj Singh will be confronted with fellow countryman Tharun Mannepalli in a fully Indian collision, while Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar, and Kiran George are also in battle.In the singles of the ladies, 16-year-old Unnati Hooda will continue the momentum of her amazing victory over two-time Olympic medal winner PV Sindhu at the China Open. She starts against the seventh seed Julie Dawall Jakobsen van Denmark.Rakshita Ramaraj takes on Pornpicha Choeikewong from Thailand, Anupama Upadhayaya meets six seed riko Gunji of Japan, and aakarshi kashyp -faces former Nozomy Okuhara by Japan.In the women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri GopiCand Pullela will start their campaign against Lin Xiao Min from Chinese Taipei and Peng Yu Wei.The couples of Priya Konjengbam – Shruti Mishra and Apoorva Gahlawat – Sakshi Gahlawat will also try to make deep runs.In the mixed Doubles, Sathish and Aadya Vareryath compete against the sixth seeds Amri Syahnawi and Nita Violina Marwah from Indonesia, while fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto Face Thailand’s Ratchapol Maksasasashorn and Nattamon Lauan.Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will compete against the Chinese Taipei’s Wu Guan Xun and Lee Chia Hsin.