Syed Modi International | Sindhu the only top seed left after pullouts
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Srikanth, Lakshya and Sai Praneeth in men’s and top two to four seeds in women’s pull out
As though the news of newly-crowned India Open champions Lakshya Sen and the men’s duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pulling out of the $150,000 Syed Modi International badminton tournament was not disappointing enough, K. Srikanth, Saina Nehwal and Ashwini Ponnappa joined the long list of withdrawals late on Monday.
After a long managers’ meeting in Lucknow on the eve of the event, it came to light that P.V. Sindhu was the only top seed left in the draw across five events.
As a result, when the tournament commences at the Babu Banarasi Das Stadium on Tuesday, most draws will resemble a National championship, with a different name.
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