Indian shuttlers will look to bounce back at the Indonesia Open from a disastrous campaign at the Singapore Open last week. The third Super 1000 event on the BWF calendar, scheduled to be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace in Jakarta from June 13-18, will test the mettle of the contingent.
PV Sindhu's form has been worrying, to say the least. With the Asian Games fast approaching, all eyes will be on the reigning Commonwealth Games champion to see if she can rediscover her touch before the continental extravaganza in September.
The World No. 13 has arrived in Jakarta following consecutive first-round exits. Her job doesn't get any easier at the Indonesia Open, as the 2019 runner-up faces her new nemesis Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, who has beaten her twice this year.
In men's singles, Malaysia Masters champion HS Prannoy has received the seventh seeding. He has drawn World No. 11 Kenta Nishimoto, whom he beat en route to the Kuala Lumpur title last month.
Lakshya Sen, who made the Thailand Open semifinals, takes on eighth seed Lee Zii Jia. A win will set up an all-Indian second-round clash should 2017 champion Kidambi Srikanth get past World No. 13 Lu Guang Zu.
Orleans Masters champion Priyanshu Rajawat, meanwhile, has the formidable task of facing India Open and Thailand Open champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the first round.
In men's doubles, seventh seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be determined to stop the rot when they cross swords with the French combine of Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov.
The Indian pair, winners of the Swiss Open and Badminton Asia Championships this year, have surprisingly suffered early defeats in the last two weeks at the Thailand Open and Singapore Open.
MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, the second Indian duo in the men's doubles draw, have their task cut out, as they meet eighth seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.
In women's doubles, Commonwealth Games bronze medalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi first up.
Indonesia Open 2023: Schedule
First round: June 13-14, 2023
Second round: June 15, 2023
Quarter-finals: June 16, 2023
Semi-finals: June 17, 2023
Finals: June 18, 2023
Matches for the first few days are likely to start at 9 am local time/ 7.30 am IST.
Indonesia Open 2023: Telecast channel list in India
The Indonesia Open 2023 will be broadcast live in India on Sports18 1 and Sports18 1 HD channels from Tuesday (June 13). The matches will also be shown live on the Jio Cinema app.
Live streaming will be available on YouTube on BWF.TV as well. Live scores can also be followed on the tournament software throughout the tournament.
Full list of Indian contingent playing at Indonesia Open 2023
Men's singles: HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Priyanshu Rajawat
Women's singles: PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap
Men's doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila
Women's doubles: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand