<p>A strong medal contender at the Tokyo Games, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday admitted that she has got a favourable draw but insisted that she has to be on top of her game since no match will be easy at the Olympic level.</p>.<p>Reigning world champion and Rio Games silver medallist, Sindhu has been drawn with Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi (ranked 34th) and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova (ranked 58th) in Group J of the women's singles event.</p>.<p>"It's a good draw in the group stage. Hong Kong girl plays well and it'll going to be a good match," Sindhu, who is world number seven, said in a release issued by Badminton Association of India (BAI).</p>.<p>"Everybody is going to be in top form, I hope I do well. Every match is important so I will take match by match. This is Olympic and it is not going to be easy, each point is very important," said the sixth seed.</p>.<p>Sindhu has an all-win record against her group stage opponents Ngan Yi and Polikarpova in the five and two encounters played so far against them respectively.</p>.<p>In men's singles, World No. 15 B Sai Praneeth has been placed in Group D alongside World No. 29 Mark Caljouw of Netherlands and World No. 47 Israeli shuttler Misha Zilberman.</p>.<p>"It's a mixed draw, not so tough and not so good. I have to be 100 percent to win all matches and it will be a good match for me," World Championships bronze medallist Praneeth said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/strange-atmosphere-disappointed-athletes-brace-for-crowd-free-tokyo-games-1006598.html" target="_blank">'Strange atmosphere': Disappointed athletes brace for crowd-free Tokyo Games</a></strong></p>.<p>World no 10 men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, however, are expected to face a stiff challenge in the league stage.</p>.<p>The duo have been placed in the Group A alongside top-seed and World No. 1 Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, who also finished at the top in the Race to Tokyo standing, and World No. 3 Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin.</p>.<p>England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are the fourth pair placed in Group A.</p>.<p>"It's a very even group which means even if you lose a match, you are still in the game because nobody knows what will happen," India's Danish doubles coach Mathias Boe said.</p>.<p>"We'll focus on preparing as much as possible in the last few weeks. We will attack on court and hopefully, we get good results. I am positive, it's a good challenge for us."</p>.<p>In the singles category, 42 players are divided into 14 groups with each group consisting of three players. Top player from each group will qualify for the knockout stage.</p>.<p>While in the doubles category, 16 pairs are divided into four groups with top two pairs from each group advancing to the last-eight stage.</p>.<p>Badminton matches will kick-start from July 24. </p>
<p>A strong medal contender at the Tokyo Games, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday admitted that she has got a favourable draw but insisted that she has to be on top of her game since no match will be easy at the Olympic level.</p>.<p>Reigning world champion and Rio Games silver medallist, Sindhu has been drawn with Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi (ranked 34th) and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova (ranked 58th) in Group J of the women's singles event.</p>.<p>"It's a good draw in the group stage. Hong Kong girl plays well and it'll going to be a good match," Sindhu, who is world number seven, said in a release issued by Badminton Association of India (BAI).</p>.<p>"Everybody is going to be in top form, I hope I do well. Every match is important so I will take match by match. This is Olympic and it is not going to be easy, each point is very important," said the sixth seed.</p>.<p>Sindhu has an all-win record against her group stage opponents Ngan Yi and Polikarpova in the five and two encounters played so far against them respectively.</p>.<p>In men's singles, World No. 15 B Sai Praneeth has been placed in Group D alongside World No. 29 Mark Caljouw of Netherlands and World No. 47 Israeli shuttler Misha Zilberman.</p>.<p>"It's a mixed draw, not so tough and not so good. I have to be 100 percent to win all matches and it will be a good match for me," World Championships bronze medallist Praneeth said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/strange-atmosphere-disappointed-athletes-brace-for-crowd-free-tokyo-games-1006598.html" target="_blank">'Strange atmosphere': Disappointed athletes brace for crowd-free Tokyo Games</a></strong></p>.<p>World no 10 men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, however, are expected to face a stiff challenge in the league stage.</p>.<p>The duo have been placed in the Group A alongside top-seed and World No. 1 Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, who also finished at the top in the Race to Tokyo standing, and World No. 3 Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin.</p>.<p>England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are the fourth pair placed in Group A.</p>.<p>"It's a very even group which means even if you lose a match, you are still in the game because nobody knows what will happen," India's Danish doubles coach Mathias Boe said.</p>.<p>"We'll focus on preparing as much as possible in the last few weeks. We will attack on court and hopefully, we get good results. I am positive, it's a good challenge for us."</p>.<p>In the singles category, 42 players are divided into 14 groups with each group consisting of three players. Top player from each group will qualify for the knockout stage.</p>.<p>While in the doubles category, 16 pairs are divided into four groups with top two pairs from each group advancing to the last-eight stage.</p>.<p>Badminton matches will kick-start from July 24. </p>