Saarbrucken, Oct. 26 -- Fresh from finishing runner-up at the French Open, two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to continue her strong run when she leads the Indian challenge at the $500,000 Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament starting here on Tuesday.
Sindhu, a former world champion, won the Japan Open title in July before reaching the final in Paris, where she lost to world No. 1 An Se-young of South Korea in three games.
The Indian will be keen to build on those performances as she takes on Turkey's Neslihan Arin in the women's singles opening round.
India's seventh seed Lakshya Sen, the 2019 Hylo Open champion, will face Finland's Joakim Oldorff, while eighth seed Ayush Shetty takes on Taiwan's Su Li Yang. Lakshya will be looking to rediscover consistency after a difficult run on the international circuit this season, while Ayush, who finished runner-up at the Badminton Asia Championships earlier this year, made headlines at the World Championships in August by defeating defending champion and then world No. 1 Shi Yuqi of China in the opening round.
However, he too couldn't build on those results and made early exits in the subsequent events. India's H S Prannoy, a 2023 World Championships bronze medallist, faces a tough opening test against third seed and reigning world champion Alex Lanier of France.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.