The players, ranked between 26 and 75 in the BWF world rankings along with top performers from the recent Senior National Championships, who are not part of the national camp but have already shown signs of brilliance, like reigning Abu Dhabi Masters champion Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma, the silver medallist
“Badminton Association of India is committed to ensure promising talents get m
This opportunity has also been extended to the current senior national
The selected players have been given an option to choose three tournaments, including two Super 300 events — the Orleans Masters and Swiss Open — from a total of eight tournaments, for which BAI will extend complete financial support to each of the shuttlers.
Full list of players:
Men’s singles:
1. Sathish Kumar Karunakaran (World Rank 51)
2. S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (WR 71)
3. Sameer Verma (WR 74)
4. Chirag Sen (Senior Nationals champion)
5. Tharun Mannepalli (Senior Nationals runner-up)
Women’s Singles:
1.Aakarshi Kashyap (WR 40)
2.Malvika Bansod (WR 52)
3.Unnati Hooda (WR 56)
4.Tanya Hemanth (WR 69)
5.Tasnim Mir (WR 73)
6.Imad Farooqui Samiya (WR 74)
7.Anmol Kharb (Senior National Champion)
8.Tanvi Sharma (Senior National runner-up)
Men’s Doubles:
1.Hariharan Amsakarunan/Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi (WR 70)
2.P.S Ravikrishna/Sankar Prasad Udayakunar (WR 75)
3.Suraj Goala/Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy (Senior Nationals champions)
Women’s Doubles:
1. Ashwini Bhat K/Shikha Gautam (WR 49)
2.Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda (WR 52)
3.Simran Singh/Ritika Thaker (WR 63)
4.Priya Konjengbam/Shruti Mishra (Senior National champions)
Mixed Doubles:
1.Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath (WR 64)