Indian Sports Calendar in 2023: Major events to watch in third week of May

Three major badminton tournaments are scheduled to be held this month.

A lot of sporting events are lined up for the upcoming week of the Indian sports calendar. Three major badminton tournaments part of the Olympic qualification cycle are set to take place this week. The World Table Tennis Championships is set to be held in South Africa for the first time.

Here we take a look at the events to follow in the upcoming week (May 14-20) in the Indian sports calendar.

Tennis

Indian pairs Jeevan/Balaji and Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni will be taking part in the respective ATP 175 Challenger events (the top-most event in the Challenger circuit). The former lost in the quarter-finals last week and will look to perform well ahead of the French Open scheduled for last week of May.

After a gap of two months, Niki Poonacha will be making a return to the Challenger circuit (Tunis Challenger)

May 14-21: Bordeaux Challenger (ATP 175)

Men's Doubles - Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni

May 14-21: Turin Challenger (ATP 175)

Men's Doubles - Sriram Balaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

May 15-20: Tunis Challenger (ATP 75)

Men's Doubles - Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha/Adam Taylor

Table Tennis

May 20-28: World Table Tennis Championships

The World Table Tennis Championships is set to take place in South Africa from May 20-28, 2023. Sathiyan Gnansekaran and Manika Batra will spearhead the Indian contingent along with experienced paddler Sharath Kamal.

Badminton

The qualification period for Paris Olympics has officially begun and all the top Indian shuttlers will be taking part in the major events. Sudirman Cup, the mixed-team championships, will be followed by the Asian Tour (Malaysia Open and Thailand Open).

May 14-21: Sudirman Cup

May 23-28: Malaysia Masters (BWF 500)

May 30-04 June: Thailand Open (BWF 500)

Archery

May 16-21: Archery World Cup Stage 2, Shanghai

After a successful outing in the Archery World Cup Stage I, the action now shifts to Stage 2 which is set to be held in Shanghai China. Tokyo Olympians Atanu Das and Tarundeep Rai would look to perform well in the individual event of recurve.

Athletics

May 15-18: Federation Cup

The first major athletic meet of the season is set to begin from May 15th in Ranchi. This event will serve as a qualifying event for the Asian Games and Asian Athletics Championships.

Hockey

May 26-27: FIH Men's Pro League

After a break of two months, the Indian men's hockey team will begin its journey in Europe and is set to take on Belgium and Great Britain on the 26th and 27th of May, 2023.