Kidambi Srikant withdraws from the Australian Open. Sameer, Mithun in battle:
India's star shuttle Kidambi Srikanth withdrew from the Australian Open Super 300 badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday. Srikanth thus joined his Lakshya Sen duo, doubling down on him with Satwiksairaj Rankreddy and Chirag Shetty, to withdraw from the US$180,000 tournament. Srikanth, who ranked 10th in the Race to Guanzhou rankings, needed to win the match to qualify for his tour final at Worlds in the December season.
But the 29-year-old from Guntur, who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and played a heroic role in India's epic Thomas Cup win earlier this year, has decided to let it go.
Srikanth reached the semi-finals in his final tournament held at his Hylo Open in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Indian was also in the top four at the Korea Open and Swiss Open.
His withdrawal means HS Pranoi will be India's sole representative at the World Tour Finals, especially after two-time Olympic champion PV Sindhu also withdrew from Sunday's event in Guangzhou.
India's challenge at the Australian Open comes from Samir Verma, who has returned from a long injury hiatus. He launches a campaign against Nathan Tang.
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His comeback last year was short-lived as a calf injury forced him to withdraw from the quarter-finals of the Danish Open. He also had problems with his hips and shoulders.
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Mithun Manjunath, who reached the final of the Orleans Masters Super 100 and twice challenged internationally in Nagpur and Bengaluru, will face second seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
In the women's singles, Tanya Hemanth will face Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia and Anwesha Gowda will face local Pitchaya Elysia Viravong.
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In the doubles event, the female pair Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker and the male pair Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi will also compete.
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