The 28th Yonex Sunrise Smt. Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Selection Badminton Tournament might be held from August thirteen-18 in Panchkula. This year, the match will serve as one of the two selection opposition for the World Junior Championships to be held in Kazan, Russia, from September 30-October 13.
The event is being organized by the Express Shuttle Club Trust beneath the aegis of the Haryana Badminton Association. It is a part of the Badminton Association of India annual calendar. “Apart from the All India Selection event to be held on the Prakash Padukone Academy, Bengaluru, this tournament will act as the selection criteria for the Indian group for the World Junior Badminton Championships to be played in Russia later this 12 months. All the pinnacle U-19 players of India may be gambling inside the match, to be hung on eleven courts at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex at Panchkula,” knowledgeable establishing secretary Sanjiv Sachdeva.
The event will feature boys’ U-19 (singles and doubles), ladies U-19 (singles and doubles), and U-19 mixed doubles categories with a cash prize of Rs four lakh. The match, which commenced in 1991, has seen the likes of 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal winning the girls’ title in 2005 and 2016 Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu doing so in 2010. Current world variety nine Kidambi Srikanth claimed the boys’ title in 2009. The qualifying rounds can be played on August thirteen and 14, with the principal draw beginning on Independence Day. Last 12 months, Priyanshu Rajawat of Madhya Pradesh won the boys’ singles U-19 title while Malvika Bansod of Maharashtra received the women’s name. “The match got more than 900 entries a final year, and we are awaiting a similar response this yr. More than 20 BAI-licensed umpires can be officiating inside the championship,” delivered Sachdeva, who is a former India chief junior coach and now a member of BAI’s junior choice committee and adviser to the affiliation.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Pang Cheh Chang is ready to be demoted even as Hendrawan may also play a new position as the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) make another exchange in their coaching set-up. Cheh Chang was the top educate of the blended doubles branch when you consider that first remaining yr, but in the previous few days, he has been seen coaching the juniors at the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS). The blended doubles players did correctly underneath Cheh Chang over the last twelve months, but it’s learned that several seniors favored an alternate.
Yesterday, the best Chin Ee Hui was visible educating the countrywide players, consisting of Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing on the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM). Ee Hui, who received the 2016 educate of the year award for directing Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying to a silver medal on the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, changed into the headteacher of the blended doubles branch earlier than Cheh Chang took over. It looks like Ee Hui is about to be the top coach again and is likely to be assisted using Teo Kok Siang. A statement of the adjustments is expected to be made at the coaching and education (CNT) committee assembly subsequent Friday. The reputation of former world champion Hendrawan as the guys’ singles coach can also be decided during the CNT.