Dubai World Superseries Finals 2017: Group stage draw announced, challenging tasks for Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu

The final group stage draw of the BWF Dubai World Superseries Finals 2017 were announced earlier on Monday and fans are sure to be treated to some high-quality badminton at the season-ending championships, which kick off on Wednesday.

The tournament will feature the top eight shuttlers/pairs over the past season compete across five different categories, with players from as many as 11 nations taking part this time around. The eight contestants in each category will be divided into two groups of four, with the top two shuttlers from both progressing to the semifinals.

For India, there will be two star shuttlers in the fray in the form of PV Sindhu in the women's singles and Srikanth Kidambi in the men's singles. Both have had incredible seasons this year, with Sindhu winning two Superseries titles in Korea and India, while Srikanth won a whopping four -- more than any other shuttler this year.

Here is the final draw:

Men's singles

Group A: Son Wan Ho (South Korea), Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia), Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong), Chen Long (China)

Group B: Kidambi Srikanth (India), Shi Yuqi (China), Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei), Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

Women's singles

Group A: Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), Pusarla V. Sindhu (India), Sayaka Sato (Japan), He Bingjiao (China)

Group B: Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei), Sung Ji Hyun (South Korea), Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand), Chen Yufei (China)

Men's doubles

Group A: Marcus Feraldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia), Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen (China), Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding (Denmark), Takeshi Kamuri/Keigo Sonoda (Japan)

Group B: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Denmark), Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan (China), Lee Jhe-Huei/Lee Yang (Chinese Taipei), Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)

Women's doubles

Group A: Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto (Japan), Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (China), Huang Yaqiong/Yu Xiaohan (China), Chang Ye-na/Lee So-hee (South Korea)

Group B: Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Japan), Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark), Jung Kyung-eun/Shin Seung-chan (South Korea), Hsu Ya-ching/Wu Ti-jung (Chinese Taipei)

Mixed doubles

Group A: Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen (China), Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong), Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto (Indonesia), Kenta Kazuno/Ayane Kurihara (Japan)

Group B: Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping (China), Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia), Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia), Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (England)