November 22, 2012 1:16 PM

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Hong Kong Open: Saina, 4 other Indian shuttlers to play pre-quarterfinal matches

London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal and 4 other Indian shuttlers will play their respective pre-quarterfinal matches of the Hong Kong Open Super Series Badminton tournament at Kowloon today. In the Women's Singles, world number 3 Saina will take on Lin Wang of China.In the Men's Singles, Parupalli Kashyap will meet Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia; Ajay Jayaram will clash with Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia.In the Men's Doubles, the pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar will shuttle it out against the Chinese duo of Yun Cai and Haifeng Fu.Meanwhile, India's campaign in the Mixed Doubles and the Women's Doubles came to an end today. In the Mixed Doubles, the duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre lost to the Thai pair of D. Aroonkesorn and K. Voravichitchaikul, in straight games, 17-21, 18-21.In the Mixed Doubles, the top seeded Chinese pair of Chen Xu and Jin Ma defeated the Indian duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Siki Reddy, 21-16, 21-10.

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