BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu, Ashwini Ponnappa and Saina Nehwal feature today

In the doubles section of the BWF World Championships on Wednesday, Ashwini Ponnappa and Reddy N. Sikki will face off against Du Yue and Li Yin Hui at 3:40pm in the afternoon. India's new doubles sensation Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had pulled out owing to injuries. In the singles section, Saina Nehwal will face off against Soraya De Visch Eijbergen. At 12:00pm, P.V. Sindhu will meet Pai Yu Po. At 7pm, Kidambi Srikanth will battle Misha Zilberman from Israel. 

India's double silver medallist P.V. Sindhu will look to produce another masterclass. Sindhu has been the most consistent performer in the World Championships in the last few years with two back-to-back silver and as many bronze medals but a gold medal has so far eluded her. 

The 24-year-old Indian ace has always managed to find her best form in the World Championships, producing stellar performances but she missed the trick in the summit clash twice.

While she lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in an epic battle, lasting 110 minutes in the 2017 edition, Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain stopped her in the summit clash in 2018.

Sindhu, who is seeded fifth, is coming into the prestigious event with a runner-up finish at the Indonesia Open last month and has been working on her fitness and defence in her pursuit to outlast her opponents.

She received a bye in the first round and will open her campaign against either Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po or Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri.

“I've been working on my defence, physical fitness and also on-court skills. I have trained hard and I hope I can do well. I have to perform well but there is no pressure,” Sindhu told PTI.

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