November 21, 2016 10:11 PM

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After China crown, Sindhu eyes Hong Kong open

The Hong Kong Open Super Series badminton tournament starts with the qualifiers tomorrow. After clinching her maiden Super Series Premier title at China Open yesterday, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will look to come up with another good show at the 400,000 US Dollar event, to qualify for next month's Dubai World Super Series Finals. While Sindhu will open her campaign against Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri, Saina Nehwal, who has recently recovered from a knee injury, will face familiar foe Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk. Sindhu has a great chance of sneaking into the top eight Dubai Destination ranking. With a good show, she might dislodge Saina who is currently at the eighth place at the Dubai Destination ranking. The winner of a Super Series Premier event earns 11000 ranking points. At present, Sindhu has 27,490 points, while Saina has 35,420 points. In men's singles, Swiss Open winner H S Prannoy will face China's Qiao Bin, while Ajay Jayaram will lock horns with second seed China's Chen Long, who had beaten him last week at China. In men's doubles, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who played at the Rio Olympics, will be up against Korean pair of Solgyu Choi and Ko Sung Hyun.

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