- The French Open Badminton tournament 2018 begins in Paris, France on 23rd October to 28th October.
- Indian badminton stars, including defending champion Kidambi Srikanth, P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be eyeing their first major title of the year.
- Srikanth faces world number 22 Wong Wing Ki Vincent in the first round while Saina and Sindhu will take on 37th-ranked Saena Kawakami and 11th-ranked Beiwen Zhang.
- Besides Srikanth, the other Indians in the men’s singles draw are B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma.
- Ashwini Ponnappa will be playing only mixed doubles, alongside Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
Published On : 22 Oct 2018
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