April 11, 2013 9:49 AM

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Easy draw for Saina in Indian Open Badminton starting this month

Yonex Sunrise Indian Open badminton tournament starts in New Delhi from the 23rd of this month. The draws for the 6-day tournament was announced on Wednesday.Indian ace Saina Nehwal has been seeded number one and handed a relatively easy draw. She will open her campaign against unseeded Belaetrix Manuputi of Indonesia in the women's singles event. In the men's singles event, top Indian Parupalli Kashyap will be facing former Olympic and world champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the very first round. Other Indians in the fray in the men's singles event are RMV Gurusaidutt, Ajay Jayaram, Anand Pawar, Sourabh Varma and B Sai Praneeth. In women's doubles, Jwala Gutta will pair up with Prajakta Sawant, while Ashwini Ponnappa will be playing along side Pradnya Gadre.

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