Singapore Open News

Priyanshu Rajawat, a young singles player for India, and M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, a doubles team, both lost in the second round of the Singapore Open badminton competition. Rajawat, who pulled off an upset by beating World No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama in the first round, lost to Kodai Naraoka.

India's star shuttler PV Sindhu exited the Singapore Open 750 in the first round itself, as she lost to world no. 1 Akane Yamaguchi in three games 21-18, 19-21, 17-21. This also means that the world no. 13 Sindhu will further drop in rankings, as she is the defending champ here in Singapore.

Sai Praneeth, who beat Kidambi Srikanth in last year's final, is set to defend his title as Singapore Open Champions to be held at the Singapore Indoor stadium from July 17. Besides India, Hong Kong and England also confirmed their respective entries for the tournament, as announced by organizers.