Young Indian shuttlers eye strong start at Thailand Masters Super 300

A crop of young Indian shuttlers will aim to seize an earlyseason opportunity when they begin their campaigns at the Thailand Masters a USD 250000 event beginning here on TuesdayThe tournament offers a valuable opportunity for the likes of Priyanshu Rajawat Kiran George and Tharun Mannepalli to test themselves and attempt deep runs at the Super 300 level the secondlowest tier within the main Badminton World Federation World Tour structureThomas Cupwinning squad member Rajawat who claimed the Orleans Masters Super 300 title in 2023 will open his campaign against fourth seed Brian YangThe 23yearold from Dhar returned to competitive action after a fivemonth layoff due to a knee injury at the Syed Modi India International Super 300 in November 2025Seventh seed Kiran a former Odisha Masters Super 100 champion and a quarterfinalist at the 2025 India Open Super 750 will face Malaysias Sholeh Aidil in the opening roundMannepalli a gold medallist at the 37th National Games in 2023 and a silver medallist at the 2023 Senior National Championships along with former world junior No 1 S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian are also part of Indias next generation of singles players on the BWF TourWhile Mannepalli who reached his maiden BWF Super 300 semifinal at the Macau Open last year will take on Thailands Kantaphon Wangcharoen 2022 World Junior Championships silver medallist Subramanian will face fifth seed Arnaud MerkleFormer national champion Mithun Manjunath has been handed a tough firstround match against eighth seed Magnus Johannesen while youngster Manraj Singh will open against a qualifierIn womens singles former national champion Anmol Kharb who won titles in Belgium and Poland in 2024 will face Hong Kongs Lo Sin Yan Happy The 19yearold is a member of Indias historic gold medal winning team at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships She is coming into the tournament after stretching former world champion Nozomi Okuhara at the Indonesia Masters last weekAmong others Rakshitha Ramraj has been drawn against top seed Supanida Katethong while Aakarshi Kashyap will take on third seed Hina Akechi Tasnim Mir will play fifth seed Huang YuHsun and Shriyanshi Valishetty meets Canadas Wen Yu ZhangTanya Hemanth is set to face seventh seed Julie Dawall Jakobsen while an allIndian clash between Isharani Baruah and Malvika Bansod is also on the cards Devika Sihag and Anupama Upadhyaya are slated to face qualifiers in their respective firstround matchesIn womens doubles Ashwini Bhat K and Shikha Gautam will open against fifthseeded Indonesian pair Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari Another Indian combination Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda has been drawn against seventhseeded Chinese duo Bao Li Jing and Li Yi JingIndia will also feature in mixed doubles with Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh set to face Spains Ruben Garcia and Lucia Rodriguez In another tie Dhruv Rawat and Maneesha K will take on the Chinese Taipei pair of He ZhiWei and Liang Ching SunPruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K will face a stiff openinground test in the mens doubles when they take on fourthseeded Malaysians Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee KiongThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever