Paris Olympics 2024 will start from July 26, there is not much time left for it to start. In this, the draw for the badminton event has been announced in which it has been decided against which players all the players will get a chance to play their first match in the group stage. The badminton event in Paris Olympics will start from July 27. This time India is expecting a medal from its star female player PV Sindhu, who has won medals twice in the Olympics so far. PV Sindhu will have to face an easy challenge in the group stage this time.
PV Sindhu got a place in Group M: In the badminton draw at the Paris Olympics, PV Sindhu has been placed in Group M, in which her first match will be against Estonia's Kristin Kuba, whose world ranking is 75. After this, Sindhu will play her second match against Maldives' world ranked 111th player Fatimath Nabaha. In such a situation, Sindhu is almost certain to reach the pre-quarterfinals, where she will have to face real challenges. Apart from Sindhu, world number 19 Indian pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa have been placed in a slightly difficult Group C. In this group, they will face pairs from Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Indian men's player HS Prannoy Roy, who is participating in the Olympics for the first time in his badminton career, has been placed in Group K, in which he will face Vietnam's Le Duc Phach, whose current world ranking is 70. Apart from this, Prannoy will also have to play against Germany's world ranked number 82 player Fabian Roth. Lakshya Sen has been placed in Group L.