Reigning world champion PV Sindhu will be eager to return to the podium while former winner Saina Nehwal seeks a return to form in the official season-opening event — Swiss Open Super 300 tournament — beginning on Tuesday.
Indian men’s singles players, too, have tasted success in this tournament with Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth emerging victorious in 2018, 2016 and 2015 respectively and B Sai Praneeth finishing runners-up in the last edition.
All four will be looking to relive the moments and extend India’s good run at the $140,000 event which will also resume the extended Olympic qualifying period. This phase will run till 13 June 2021 and finish with Singapore Open, with the final rankings published on June 15 to be used for deciding quota places.
The guidelines for Tokyo Games qualification for badminton is available here.
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Where select Indians stand in Road to Tokyo
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