In Badminton, Indian ace P.V. Sindhu will resume her chase for the first title of the season, while Sameer Verma too will eye a good show when the Australia Open World Tour Super 300 tournaments begins with the qualifiers in Sydney on Tuesday.
World No. 5 Sindhu, will take on a qualifier in the opening round before a likely contest with Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.
World No. 12 Sameer will face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in the opening round.
Among other Indians, B. Sai Praneeth, H S Prannoy and P. Kashyap are also in the fray. While Praneeth will face Korea's Lee Dong Keun, Prannoy meets the legendary Chinese Lin Dan and Kashyap squares off against Thailand's Suppanyu Avihingsanon in the opening round.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa will take on Chinese Taipei's Wang Chi-Lin and Cheng Chi Ya, while Ashwini and N Sikki Reddy faces Korean combination of Baek Ha Na and Kim Hye Rin in women's doubles, and Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty will meet compatriots Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy.
In qualifying round, 2018 Asian Junior Champion Lakshya Sen will face Malaysian Teck Zhi Soo.
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P V Sindhu, H S Prannoy all set for good show at Australia Open