Satwik-Chirag will rejoin the BWF World Tour at the China Masters, and a new coach will boost morale
China Masters Badminton: After losing in the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics, Lakshya lost early in the Arctic Super 500 and Denmark Open. After this, he was eliminated in the first round of Kumamoto Masters Japan. He will play against seventh seed Lee Zi Jia of Malaysia in the first round.
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Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, India's top doubles team will make a comeback through the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday. Due to a shoulder injury, former world number one team Satwik has been away from competition since the Paris Olympics.
Neither of them could compete in the Arctic Open, Denmark Open, and China Open. Neither of them has had a coach since the days of Mathias Bo, who left Copenhagen in August. Satwik and Chirag, runners-up the last time, take on Chinese Taipei's Yang Po Suan and Lee Zhe Hui in the first round. On the other hand, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen would like to bounce back from 'bad' form and return to winning ways. Both were given a long break after the Paris Olympics in August but could not get back their lost form.
He had lost early in the Arctic Super 500 and Denmark Open after his semi-final loss in the Paris Olympics. Subsequently, he went down in the first round of Kumamoto Masters Japan. He faces seventh seed Lee Zi Jia of Malaysia in the first round. Two-time Olympic champion Sindhu crashed out in the first round against Canada's Michelle Lee in Finland. The Indian will face in the first round here Supanida Ketthong of Thailand, while Aakarshi Kashyap will be up against Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan, among others. Malvika Bansod is scheduled to play against Line Hojmark.
Gayatri Gopichand and Trisa Jolly have been pitted against the second-seeded pair, Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, of China in women's doubles while the mixed doubles combination of B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy is present.