Live streaming, Indonesia Open 2023 badminton: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy handed tough draw
Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will also compete in the third BWF Super 1000 event of the season. Watch Indonesia Open badminton live!
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Top Indian players, including PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy, will be in action at the Indonesia Open 2023 badminton tournament, which will be held from June 13 to 18 in Jakarta.
The Indonesia Open 2023 is the third Badminton World Federation Super 1000 event of the season after the Malaysia Open and the All England Open. All matches of Indonesia Open will be live streamed in India.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, currently 13th in the women’s singles world rankings, will look to bounce back following back-to-back first-round exits from the Singapore Open and the Thailand Open. The former world champion shuttler was ousted in the opening round for the fifth time this season at the Singapore meet.
The 27-year-old PV Sindhu will open her campaign against Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. The Indian badminton player lost her last two meetings against the world No. 9 Tunjung this season - the first in the final of the Madrid Spain Masters and then in the semis of the Malaysia Masters.
Even if she breaks her losing streak against Tunjung, PV Sindhu faces a potential clash against Chinese Taipei’s world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying, the defending Indonesia Open women’s singles champion, in the second round.
Saina Nehwal will open against world No. 7 Wang Zhi Yi of the People’s Republic of China while Aakarshi Kashyap will take on world No.2 An Se Young of the Republic of Korea in the round of 32.
In the men’s singles, world No. 8 HS Prannoy, who won the Malaysia Masters last month to open his BWF Tour titles account, will face Japan’s world No. 11 Kenta Nishimoto in his first-round match.
Commonwealth Games 2022 champion Lakshya Sen, who is currently 19th in the BWF world rankings, will open his campaign against world No. 10 Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the round of 32. Meanwhile, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth will play Lu Guang Zu in the opener.
India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, ranked fifth in the BWF World rankings, will play the Indonesian duo of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, the reigning Asian Games champions, in the round of 32. The Indian doubles pair won the Swiss Open 2023 crown in March.
In the women’s doubles event, the Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, will face Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi in their opening match.
The 13th tournament on the 2023 BWF World Tour will be played at the Istora Senayan sports arena.
Where to watch Indonesia Open 2023 badminton live in India
Live streaming of the Indonesia Open 2023 badminton matches will be available on the JioCinema app as well as the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV.
Live telecast of the Indonesia Open 2023 will be available on the Sports 18-1 TV channel in India.
Indonesia Open 2023 badminton: Indian squad
Men’s singles: HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen
Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Aakarshi Kashyap
Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila
Women’s doubles: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand