LIVE China Open | Round 1 – Day 1
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India’s top shuttlers’ next big task would be the USD 1,000,000 China Open, which has been scheduled to take place in China’s Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Changzhou. However, India would only be seeing their mixed doubles and men’s doubles pairs in action on the first day of round one.
After missing out on the BWF World Championships, this would be the first big challenge for the duo of Swastiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, where they would be taking on Jason Anthony Ho-Shue and Nyl Yakura of Canada. While this would be the first time that the Indian duo would take on the Canadian duo, which makes the former pair a clear favourite, they won’t have to look far for a real test as they could potentially face Japan’s Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda in the next round itself.
India would also be their mixed pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Swastiksairaj Rankireddy taking on the Indonesian pair of Praveen Jordan and Melat Daeva Oktavianti. Like the previous pair, Rankireddy and Ponnappa haven’t faced the Indonesian duo previously and would be the favourites to win the clash. And, a win could see them pitted against Japan’s Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsumoto.Â
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