In the doubles, the men&Double Ring Ratchet Spanner39;s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who clinched their maiden BWF Super 500 # title at the Thailand Open, have pulled out of the competition due to injuries.Saina's likely opponents in the quarterfinals will be China's Chen Yu Fei, who had clinched the All England Championship earlier in the year. She is likely to face Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark next.The 10th seeded Madhya Pradesh shuttler will face a tough challenge against second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the pre-quarterfinals if he clears the earlier rounds. The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her best form in the World Championships, producing stellar performances but she missed the trick in the summit clash twice. I have to perform well but there is no pressure," Sindhu told PTI..If she wins her first match, Sindhu is likely to meet Beiwen Zhang of USA in the third round and is expected to face Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals.The Indian pairs of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, MR Arjun and Ramchandran Shlok and Arun George and Sanyam Shukla will also be in the fray.In the women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram and Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh will also look for a good outing.The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her best form in the World Championships, producing stellar performances but she missed the trick in the summit clash twice.
She received a bye in the first round and will open her campaign against either Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po or Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri.Sindhu has been the most consistent performer in the World Championships in the last few years with two back-to-back silvers.While she lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in an epic battle, lasting 110 minutes in the 2017 edition, Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain stopped her in the summit clash in 2018."I've been working on my defence, physical fitness and also on-court skills.Sindhu has been the most consistent performer in the World Championships in the last few years with two back-to-back silver and as many bronze medals but a gold medal has so far eluded her. I have trained hard and I hope I can do well.The seventh-seeded Indian, who has gone without a title in the BWF World Tour for the last 22 months, will open against Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in a repeat of the opening clash of the 2018 edition. (Photo: PTI) Basel: India's double silver medallist P V Sindhu will look to produce another masterclass when she resumes her quest for an elusive gold at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Monday.Eighth-seeded Saina, who boasts of a silver and bronze medal in the World Championships, will take on the winner of the match between Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet and Netherland's Soraya De Visch Eijbergen in the second round after getting a bye.
