Denmark Open Super series Premier badminton tournament will start at Odense today. Rio Olympic Silver medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead Indian campaign at Denmark Open amidst sky-rocketing expectations. The sixth-seeded Indian will open her campaign against China's He Bingjiao tomorrow. In the men's singles competitions, Ajay Jayaram will start his campaign against Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana. Other Indians such as B Sai Praneeth will face Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand while Prannoy will take on a qualifier in the opening round tomorrow. Commonwealth Games champion P Kashyap will face off Raul Must of Estonia While Rio Olympics quarter-finalist K Srikanth will be missing in action due to an ankle injury.In men's doubles, Manu Attri and Reddy B Sumeeth will square off against Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, while Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar will meet eighth-seeded Chinese combo of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav and N Sikki Reddy, who clinched two titles this season in Brazil and Russia, will start their campaign against fifth seeds Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark.
News On AIR | October 18, 2016 7:11 AM
Great expectations from Sindhu as Denmark Open starts today