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P V Sindhu to open Olympics campaign against Polikarpova Ksenia of IsraelSindhu, who had lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the 2016 Olympics final, has been clubbed in an easy Group J
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P V Sindhu. Credit: DH File Photo
P V Sindhu. Credit: DH File Photo

World champion P V Sindhu will open her campaign in the Tokyo Olympics against Polikarpova Ksenia of Israel on July 25.

Sindhu, who had lost to Spain's Carolina Marin in the 2016 Olympics final, has been clubbed in an easy Group J, also comprising Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.

Ngan Yi is ranked 34th in the world while Polikarpova is 58th.

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World number 7 Sindhu is seeded sixth in the tournament.

The Tokyo Games organisers on Wednesday issued the schedule of the first two days of the competition.

In men's singles, B Sai Praneeth will face Misha Zilberman of Israel in his opening Group D match on the first day of competitions on July 24. The Indian is seeded sixth.

In the singles, the top player from every group will advance to the knock-out round.

The world no. 10 men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Chirag Shetty will take on the Chinese Taipei duo of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin in their opening Group A match.

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(Published 14 July 2021, 20:05 IST)