Ace badminton player from India, PV Sindhu, will try to atone for her unfortunate first-round departure from the Indonesia Open, at the Malaysia Open 2022. Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth, the top-two rated men's players, abruptly withdrew from the BWF Super 750 competition.

Top shuttlers like Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal might leave for Malaysia and Singapore for their respective tournaments via Doha with no direct flights connecting from India owing to the pandemic situation. The Indian duo are aiming to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic in the upcoming events.

India had a mixed day at the ongoing Malaysia Open as Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu registered easy wins in the first round of the 750 series tournament while HS Prannoy and Saina Nehwal were ousted in three gamers. The men’s doubles duo of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also bowed out early on.

PV SIndhu and Kidambi Srikanth started their campaign on a winning note as they registered straight-game wins over Japan’s Aya Ohori and Denmark’s Jan Jorgensen respectively. B Sai Praneeth was however humbled by Tzu Wei Wang and so were doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.