The 2021 World Championship medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will face off against younger challengers at the selection trails for the upcoming Asian Games to be held at the Jwala Gutta Academy in Hyderabad from May 4-7.
In the men's singles competition, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the competition in the round of 16 stage. He lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka 14-21, 22-20, 9-21
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead the men's doubles challenge, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will compete in the women's doubles event
As per Olympics.com, PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, and the men's singles competitors Lakshay Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and HS Prannoy will not compete in the BWF Super 300 tournament. Sindhu lost in the Madrid Masters 2023 final on Sunday
Sindhu made it to the top ten for the first time in August 2013 and has been amongst the elite shuttlers worldwide since November 2016. The former world champion's best ranking is world number 2 on April 2017.
Indian badminton player PV Sindhu bowed out of the women's singles while HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth exited the men's singles competition at the Swiss Open 2023 in Basel on Thursday.
The Indian pair had bowed out of the tournament at the same stage during the last edition as well when they lost to China's Shu Xian Zhang and Yu Zheng
The world No. 17 Indian pair had reached the semi-finals of the last edition of the All England Open as well but lost to China's Shu Xian Zhang and Yu Zheng