Previous world No. 1 Saina Nehwal and her husband Parupalli Kashyap will be leading the Indian sqaud at the Taipei Open 2022 beginning on Tuesday.
Nehwal, who is cultivated fourth at the Taipei Open, will be peering toward her season’s first title when she will take on Slovakia’s Martina Repiska in the initial round.
Parupalli Kashyap, who is cultivated third and Mithun Manjunath, who upset Kidambi Srikanth in the initial round of the Singapore Open last week, is likewise contending at the event.
India’s Thomas Cup legends HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen have skipped the Taipei Open.
Indeed, even the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have likewise given the Taipei Open a miss to get ready well for the Commonwealth Games.
As of late delegated Singapore Open 2022 title winner PV Sindhu is likewise giving this competition a miss to be prepared for the Commonwealth Games.
All you need to know about Taipei Open 2022:
- Qualification and First Round: Tuesday, July 19, 2022, and Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – Starts at 6:30 AM IST
- Second Round: Thursday, July 21, 2022
- Quarterfinals: Friday, July 22, 2022
- Semifinals: Saturday, July 23, 2022
- Finals: Sunday, July 24, 2022
Where to live stream Taipei Open 2022?
The Taipei Open 2022 tournament can be streamed live on the Voot Select app from the quarter-finals onwards and on BWF TV on YouTube.
Where to watch Taipei Open 2022?
The Taipei Open 2022 tournament will be telecast on Sports18 channel but only from the quarter-final onwards.
Where will the Taipei Open 2022 take place?
The Taipei Open 2022 will be held at Taipei Helping Basketball Gymnasium till July 24. The event is returning after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
Indian squad:
- Men singles: Kiran George, Priyanshu Rajawat, Parupalli Kashyap, Mithun Manjunath, Chirag Sen, Subhankar Dey. Qualifiers: Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Harshit Aggarwal.
- Women singles: Saina Nehwal, Samiya Imad Farooqui, Malvika Bansod, Tanya Hemanth. Qualifiers: Smit Toshniwal, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli.
- Men’s doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek, Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala, PS Ravikrishna-Sankar Prasad Udayakumar, Arun George-Rohan Kapoor, MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila.
- Women’s doubles: Tanisha Crasto-Shruti Mishra.
- Mixed doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar-Tanisha Crasto.
PV Sindhu has been sensational this year as she has won three titles up to this point. The 27-year-old caught succeeds at the Syed Modi International, the Swiss Open and the Singapore Open.
The Indian shuttler is coming new off a title victory at Singapore Open, her very first in a Super 500 series and at the venue. Nonetheless, the 27-year-old won’t plan to imitate that feat in Taipei as she has chosen to skip the occasion.
PV Sindhu is one of the badminton stars addressing India at the Commonwealth Games beginning not long from now. She has won two silver at the quadrennial masterpiece and has incredible possibility winning gold for the absolute first time.
The 27-year-old has chosen to not participate in the Taipei Open and take that time in anticipation of the Commonwealth Games 2022 which will be played in Birmingham from July 28, 2022 onwards.