Will Sai Praneeth defend his Singapore Open ’18 title?
The Singapore Open Super 500 tournament with a prize money of $ 355,000 in World Tour events begins on July 17, 2018 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.
Single men
Individual male Indian players, fourth seed Sameer Verma and sixth seed B. Sai Praneeth are likely to meet in the quarterfinals, based on the draws. While under-seeded Parupalli Kashyap will have the difficult opening, as he will face 2018 Thailand Open finalist and seventh seed Tommy Sugiarto. Another men’s singles player, Subhankar Dey, will face Jason Anthony Ho-Sue of Canada in the first round.
In the previous version, Praneeth won the title against his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the match of the top of the three games, which lasted 55 minutes. Will the former defend his title? Let’s wait and watch.
Other seeded players in the tournament in the men’s singles event are Chou Tien Chen (1), Ng Ka Long Angus (2), Wong Wing Ki Vincent (3), Khosit Phetpradab (5), Lee Hyun II (8).
Whereas, Gurusaidutt RMV, Shreyansh Jaiswal, Rahul Yadav Chittaboina and Sourabh Verma are required to pass the qualifying rounds before playing in the round of 32.
Female singles
In the women’s singles category, India’s top players Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani and Mugdha Aggrey will have the difficult opening playing on the international circuit.
Vaishnavi will face Japan’s Minatsu Mitani, while Mugdha must fight hard to overcome the tough seventh seed and the underdog. 21 Gao Fangjie.
The six-day tournament will feature elite players Ratchanok Intanon (1), Nitchaon Jindapol (2), Beiwen Zhang (3), MIchelle Li (4), Sayaka Takahashi (5), Cheung Ngan Yi (6) and Pornpawee Chochuwong (8) in the women’s singles event.
Sai Uttejitha Rao, Rituparna Das and Vaidehi Choudhari from India will start the tour of the tournament from the qualifying round.
Top stars on the world leaderboard Viktor Axelsen, Lee Chong Wei, Shi Yuqi, Son Wan Ho, Kidambi Srikanth, Kenta Momota, Chen long, Lin Dan, HS Prannoy, Tai Tzu Ying, Akane Yamaguchi, PV Sindhu, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Carolina Marin, Nozomi Okuhara, Sung Ji Hyun, and Saina Nehwal will miss the action as they are gearing up for the next World Champion starting July 30.
Double category
In the doubles event, second seed Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty, seventh seed Arjun MR / Ramchandran Shlok and unseeded Arun George / Sanyam Shukla will battle for the men’s doubles title.
After a very long gap, eighth seeds Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will share the pitch at the 2018 Thailand Open in the Women’s Doubles category.
Meanwhile, Ashwini will be paired with Satwik in the unseeded mixed doubles event and India’s best pair and eighth seeded Pranaav Jerry Chopra / N Sikki Reddy will play straight from the second round.
The tournament will see emerging unseeded Mixed Doubles pair Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan of India, who will play third-seeded Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England.
The 2018 Singapore Open will be different unlike the recently concluded 2018 Malaysian Open, 2018 Indonesia Open and 2018 Thailand Open as the tournament will see different genres of play on the court, in the absence of some elite players. .
