World championships: Indian shuttlers handed tough draws, lakshya sen to be confronted with world no. 1 shi yu qi in opener | Badminton News – Times of India

New Delhi: Lakshya Sen starts his world championship campaign against World No. 1 Shi Yu Qi from China after Indian Shuttlers received tough draws for the tournament from 25 August on Wednesday. This will be the fifth collision between the two, where Shi leads their head-to-head 3-1. Sen, who claimed a bronze medal at the 2021 edition, will limit the gap against the best Chinese shuttler.Former Commonwealth Games Gold medal winner Lakshya has trouble rediscovering his touch since the semi -final loss at the Paris Olympic Games last year.The 23-year-old from Almora, currently arranged on 21, has struggled with consistency this season and manages only a quarter-final finish in All England. Lakshya has shown a glimpse of his potential, but has made an effort to close important games this season.Another men’s singles bronze medal winner, HS Prannoy, will open against a lower -ranked Joakim Oldorff of Finland, but a probably second round collision with World No. 2 Other Antonsen van Denmark is waiting for the World No. 34 Indian.In Singles for Women, the most successful Indian shuttler in the tournament and five -time medal winner PV Sindhu has a relatively simple first round. She starts her campaign against World No. 66 Kaloyana Nalbantova from Bulgaria.The double Olympic medal winner and 2019 champion, which recently also struggled for form, could meet World No. 2 Wang Zhi Yi of China in the Tour of 16.For Sindhu, now arranged at 15, a quarter -final performance at the India Open will continue to be its best result this year. The 30-year-old former world champion has undergone several early outputs.The best Indian men’s dubbles few satwiksiraj rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have received a first round day. In the second round they will be confronted with either compatriot Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruben Kumar, or Chinese Taipei’s Liu Kuang Heng and Yang Po Han.But a potential round of 16 collision arises against world no. 6 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, who lead the Indians 6-2 in head-to-head meetings.When they pass the Chinese duo, Satwik and Chirag would come across their old enemies, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia, whom they have defeated 11 times in 14 encounters, including in the Olympic quarter finals of Paris.However, it has been a season of steady versions for the World No. 3 -pair, which made the semi -final in the India Open, Singapore Open and Malaysia open, in addition to reaching the quarterfinals at the Indonesia open.(With PTI entrances)