Malaysia Masters 2020: PV Sindhu and Co look to start new year on positive note at Super 500 tournament
FirstpostSixth seed Sindhu faces Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the first round and will look to stay on course for an expected clash with World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals Kuala Lumpur: India’s PV Sindhu will hope to start the new year on a positive note when she begins her campaign at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament, starting from Tuesday. Sixth seed Sindhu will have an easy opponent in Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the first round and the Indian will look to stay on course for an expected clash with World No 1 Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals. Former World No 6 Parupalli Kashyap, who showed some sparks of his earlier self last year, will face top seed and World No 1 Kento Momota of Japan in the first round, while HS Prannoy, who was down with health issues for the most part of last season, will meet Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who became the first Indian men’s pair to claim a super 500 title at the Thailand Open and also reached the finals of the French Open Super 750 event, will open against local shuttlers Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.