Kolkata : India’s top shuttlers Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy & the legendary duo of Chirag Shetty & Satwik Rankireddy have withdrawn from Japan Open 750 competition, staring from August 20.
After Indian Badminton contingent failed to bag any medals for India, the above names who’re the part of the competition have withdrawn for a break from the game.
Lakshya finished 4th in the tournament, but to everyone’s surprise, PV Sindhu, Sat-Chi, HS Prannoy couldn’t even clear the 1st elimination round.
Along with these big names, the duo Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand also withdrew from Doubles category.
Kiran George will be the only Indian shuttler in the men’s singles with S Sankar Muthuswamy and Sameer Verma also pulling out of the tournament.
In women’s singles, Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, and Ashmita Chaliha will be representing India.
India has no representation in the men’s doubles while Rituparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda will play in the women’s doubles.
In the mixed doubles, N Sikki Reddy and B Sumeeth Reddy will be playing with Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath being the other Indian pair in the category.
List of All Withdrawals (Indian and Foreign) –
Men’s Singles: HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, Wang Po-Wei, Sameer Verma, Sankar Muthusamy, Oleksii Titov, Riku Hatano, Garret Tan
Women’s Singles: An Se Young, Pusarla V Sindhu, Chen Yu Fei, He Bing Jiao, Carolina Marin, Eliana Zhang, Asuka Takahashi.
Men’s Doubles: Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, Arif Junaidi/Roy King Yap, Sai Pratheek/Krishna Prasad Garaga, Julien Maio/William Villeger, Ayush Pattanayak/Abinash Mohanty, Yuichi Shimogami/Takumi Nomura, Mahiro Kaneko/Shunya Ota, William Kryger Boe/Christian Faust Kjaer, Lin Yu Chieh/Chen Zhi Ray, Youcef Sabri Medel/Koceila Mammeri.
Women’s Doubles: Apriyani Rahayu/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti; Rawinda Prajongjai/Jongkolphan Kititharakul; Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela; Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota; Setyana Mapasa/Angela Yu; Moa Sjoo/Tilda Sjoo; Wen Yu Zhang/Eliana Zhang; Sikki Reddy/Gadde Ruthvika Shivani.
Mixed Doubles: Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong; Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping; Praveen Jordan/Serena Kani; Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra Boje; Julien Maio/Lea Palermo; Oleksii Titov/Yevheniia Kantemeyr; Yuichi Shimogami/Sayaka Hobara; Kevin Lee/Eliana Zhang; Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari; Roy King Yap/Valeree Siow; Chen Zhi Ray/Yang Ching Tun; Koceila Mammeri/Tanina Violette Mammeri.
