BAI to conduct selection trials for Asian Games from May 4, youngsters in contention
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2021 World Championship medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will face off against their young challengers at the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Games in Hyderabad from May 4. The BAI has been conducting selection trials since last year with top-20 players being picked directly.
The Asian Games in Hangzhou, China to be played from September 23-October 8, 2023 will have separate team championships for men and women followed by individual events in which India can have a maximum of two entries per event.
Nine menâs singles players and eight womenâs singles players have entered the trials for three spots each while there are four entries each in menâs and mixed doubles and three in womenâs doubles.
The selectors have proposed to pick one pair each for menâs and womenâs doubles and two mixed doubles combinations through a round-robin tournament format to decide the final standings.
Format
Menâs and womenâs singles players will be divided into two groups in Stage 1 with the top two players in each group going to Stage 2. The four players will once again face off in a league format and the result of Stage 2 for players competing against each other for the second time will be considered for final standings.
For the doubles events, there will be only one stage with all pairs playing round-robin matches to decide the final standings.
The selected players will join HS Prannoy, former world champion PV Sindhu, reigning Asian Champions Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and the womenâs doubles combination of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly.
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