File photo of Kidambi Srikanth
Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth will be in action on the opening day of the BWF World Championship 2021. Defending champion PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen has received a walkover in the first round while the double pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy will take on Denmark's Joel Eipe and Rasmus Kjaer. In women's doubles, India's Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh will be facing Netherland's Alyssa Tirtosentono and Imke van der Aar.
Indian players at the World Championships
- Sai Praneeth vs Mark Caljouw
- Lakshya Sen vs Max Weisskirchen
- Kidambi Srikanth vs Pablo Abian
- HS Prannoy vs Angus Ng Ka Long
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty vs TBD
- Arjun MR / Dhruv Kapila vs Daniel Lundgaard / Matias Thyrri
- Arun George / Sanyam Shukla vs Ou Xuanyi / Zhang Nan
- Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy vs Joel Eipe / Rasmus Kjaer
- Pooja Dandu / Sanjana Santosh vs Alyssa Tirtosentono / Imke van der Aar
- Kukkapalli Maneesha / Rutaparna Panda vs Jaqueline Lima / Samia
- Lima Ashwini Ponappa / N Sikki Reddy vs Delphine Delrue / Lea Palermo
- Saurabh Sharma / Anoushka Parikh vs Rehan Kusharjanto / Lisa Kusumawati
- Arjun MR / Kukkapalli Maneesha vs Yeung Ming Nok / Yoyo Yau
- Venkat Prasad / Juhi Dewangan vs Mathias Thyrri / Mai Surrow
- Utarksh Arora / Karishma Wadkar vs Patrick Scheichel / Franziska Volkmann
PV Sindhu’s draw in BWF Championship
- Round 1: Bye
- Round 32: Winner Martina Repiska vs Ruselli Hartawan
- Round of 16: Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand Quarters – Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) 2
BWF World Championship 2021: Live Streaming
Star Sports 3, Star Sports 2 HD
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BWF World Championship 2021: Dates
December 12 - December 19
BWF World Championship 2021: Timings
2.30 PM IST
