Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the German Open Super 300 badminton match which begins with the qualifiers on Tuesday. While Srikanth shall be lacking in motion, finalist of the final version, Lakshya Sen will hope to go the space this time as he spearheads the Indian problem. Sen, and newly-crowned nationwide champion Mithun Manjunath, would be the prime Indian gamers. Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had defeated world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen within the semifinals, solely to lose the ultimate within the final version.

This time the 21-year-old from Almora, seeded sixth, will meet France’s Christo Popov within the opening spherical and is anticipated to face prime seed Malaysian Lee Zii Jia within the quarters, if he can cross the preliminary rounds.

“I might face Lee Zii Jia in quarterfinals, so looking forward to it. I have done everything in my hand to approach this week in best shape, so hope to get a good momentum ahead of All England,” Sen stated.

Manjunath shall be brimming with confidence after his maiden nationwide crown and can look to hold the momentum when he opens in opposition to former world champion Loh Kean Yew.

Malvika Bansod and Saina Nehwal are additionally within the girls’s singles draw, whereas the blended doubles pairing of Ashwini Ponnappa and B Sumeeth Reddy, who had performed on the 2022 CWG, are additionally in fray.

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