Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medallist Lakshya Sen and bronze medal winner Kidambi Srikanth will lead India’s challenge and will be top medal hopes at the BWF World Championships 2022 in absence of injured P.V. Sindhu, who will miss the tournament, starting here on Monday.
Lakshya, seeded ninth, clinched a bronze medal in the 2021 edition of the tournament in Huelva. He had entered the championship unseeded but went on to cause major upsets, including the victory over Tokyo Olympics semi-finalist Kevin Cordon.
The 21-year-old Indian lost to compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the semifinal and settled for bronze.
India will also expect 12th seed Kidambi Srikanth, who won silver in 2021, to fire on all cylinders. He was the first Indian man to reach the finals of the BWF World Championships and return with a silver medal, losing to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in straight sets in the final last time around.
Apart from Srikanth and Lakshya, B Sai Praneeth, the bronze medallist of the 2019 edition and HS Prannoy are also capable of springing a surprise.
However, the Indian men will have to pass through World No 1 and top seed Viktor Axelsen for a podium finish. The All England Open champion has been on a 31-match winning streak. Defending champion Yew (seeded eighth), Anders Antonsen (third seed) of Denmark, and Lee Zii Jia (fifth seed) of Malaysia will also make the competition challenging.
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