Yeosu (South Korea), Nov 3 India’s Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker conceded a walkover to their opponents in the opening round of the women’s doubles event at the USD 500,000 Super 500 badminton tournament here on Tuesday.
Sonali and Ritika were scheduled to face Australia’s Laudya Chelsea Griselda and Nozomi Shimizu but withdrew from the match.
In the men’s doubles qualification, Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Arjun Reddy Pochana suffered 14-21, 5-21 defeat to Wang Yue Hang and Zewei Xie.
HS Prannoy will lead the Indian challenge in the men’s singles, while Tanvi Sharma and Anmol Kharb will compete in the women’s singles.
Dhruv Rawat and K Maneesha will represent India in mixed doubles.
(PTI News)
