Srikanth, 31, has not featured in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tour circuit since his injury during the Singapore Open back in May. Now, as per Olympics.com, he returns as a sixth-seed for the BWF Super 300 event.
With India's star badminton players gearing up for the upcoming Paris Olympics, Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Priyanshu Rajawat and Malvika Bansod will take the spotlight in the US Open 2024 badminton tournament which kicks off in Texas on Tuesday.
Treesa and Gayatri, ranked 30th in the world, upset world no 2 combinations of Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee of South Korea in the pre-quarters and then fought back from a losing position to pack off the sixth seed and Olympic and world championship bronze medallists Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yo
Hooda defeated Aakarshi Kashyap by 15-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a hard-fought round of 32 match on Wednesday and could be facing former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on Thursday, as per Olympics.com.
Prannoy, the sixth seed, lost a closely fought opening game to Chi Yu. But he kept his nerves and registered a victory in the second game which was as closely fought as the first