China Open Super Series Badminton tournament begins on Tuesday at Fuzhou in China. Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth will look to shrug off the recent dip in form and put the best foot forward when they begin their campaign as defending champions at the 7 lakh US dollar event. The top seeded Indian will take on China's Sun Yu in the opening round of women's singles. In men's singles, fifth seeded Srikanth will take on Hu Yun of Hong Kong. In women's singles, two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, PV Sindhu, will open her campaign against Russian Ksenia Polikarpova. Among other Indians in men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap will be missing in action after being sidelined because of a torn calf muscle injury. HS Prannoy, who had scripted the downfall of two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan at the French Open, will open his campaign against a qualifier. Korea Open finalist and Dutch Open winner Jayaram will square up against top seed Chen Long of China in his opening match. In women's doubles, Commonwealth Games silver medallists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will play against Japan's Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao in the opening round. The men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy has withdrawm from the event.
News On AIR | November 10, 2015 7:50 PM
China Open Super Series Badminton tournament begins