While PV Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth and men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have virtually ensured qualification due to their ranking in the Race to Tokyo rankings, the Malaysia and Singapore events will be the last chance for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth to secure qualification. Saina, who won India’s first Olympic medal in the sport in 2012, is ranked 22nd while former world No.1 Srikanth is 20th. Both players need to be within the top 16 to secure qualification.
“We have already submitted the travel documents of our Olympic-bound and Olympic Probable players ( PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Chirag Shetty, Satwik, Saina Nehwal, Srikanth, Ashwini Ponnappa, and Sikki Reddy) and officials for Visa processing. Though there is a ban on the issue of Visa for Indians except for Sports-related travel activities, Visa is available on certain terms and conditions. We are in…