London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal and 5 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 Mixed Doubles, the duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Siki Reddy will play the top seeded Chinese pair of Chen Xu and Jin Ma.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, the Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre has crashed out of the tournament, after losing to the Thai pair of D. Aroonkesorn and K. Voravichitchaikul, in staright games, 17-21, 18-21.
News On AIR | November 22, 2012 11:32 AM
Hong Kong Open: Saina, 5 other Indian shuttlers to play pre-quarterfinal matches<br/>