*Badminton: The opening 24July, 2021*

India would expect a medal in Badminton in Tokyo Olympics 2021, considering how the likes of Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, and others have set the bar in Summer games before. Nehwal failed to qualify though for the Tokyo Olympics 2021, which was delayed by a year due to Covid-19. Now, India’s hope would be pinned on Sindhu who would look to repeat her Rio success. Sindhu won silver medal in 2016 Rio Olympics as she was defeated by Carolina Marin in the final. 

Badminton was included first included in Olympics during 1992 Barcelona Summer Games.Indian badminton squad will also start their campaign on Saturday. First to start was Sai Praneeth and faces Israel’s, Misha Zilberman in his Group D match at 9.30 AM IST.For the Indians, it is going to be an action-packed morning with the World No. 10 dynamic doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty aspiring to make their mark against formidable World No. 3 pair of Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, in their Group A Play Stage match. Other than this young Indian pair, there will also be the thirteenth seeded B. Sai Praneeth, in the men's singles event as he will square off against Misha Zilberman of Israel, who is ranked as the World No. 47 in his Group D Play Stage opener match.