Saina Nehwal will be keen to put behind the disappointment of losing in the quarterfinals of just-concluded Asia Badminton Championship and train her eyes on winning the New Zealand Open beginning Tuesday.

The 29-year-old from Hyderabad seeded second will begin her quest for the second title this year when she will take on China's Wang Zhiyi in the first round of the women's singles. 

World no. 9 is the only Indian to have won a title at the Indonesia Masters this year and Saina would be looking to add another one to her kitty.  Meanwhile, PV Sindhu is not competing in this tournament.

Another lesser-known Indian Anura Prabhudesai will be up against sixth seed Li Xuerui in an opening round match of the women's singles.

In men's singles, B Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy have qualified automatically for the main draw along with Subhanker Dey.

While Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap and Lakshya Sen will be fighting it out at the qualifiers to make it to the main draw.

In men's doubles, India will be represented by the pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. The duo will face a qualifier in the first round.

Women's doubles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will be lone Indian pair in the field. India do not have any representation in the mixed doubles event.