India's shuttle queen and London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal will begin her campaign in the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh today. In the Women's Singles, Saina, who has been given a top billing in the tournament, will take on Ksenia Polikarpova of Russia in the opening round today, while second seeded PV Sindhu is pitted against Li Lian Yang of Malaysia.In the Men's Singles first round, top seeded Indonesian Taufik Hidayat will play India's Pratul Joshi, while second seed P. Kashyap will meet Korean Young Woong Ha.Ajay Jayaram, Sourabh Verma and Anup Sridhar are among the other prominent Indian players who will figure in today's matches.