October 18, 2016 7:11 AM

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Great expectations from Sindhu as Denmark Open starts today

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.

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