March 5, 2012 8:37 PM

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Saina looks to gain valuable experience before Olympics

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to gather some valuable experience for London Olympics preparation when she starts her campaign at the All England Badminton Championship which begins with the qualifiers in Birmingham tomorrow. The 21 year Nehwal had reached semi-finals during the 2010 edition of the championship. The draw has also panned out quite favourable as she opens her campaign against a qualifier. In the men's singles, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist P.Kashyap will open his campaign against Marc Zwiebler.World No.25 Ajay Jayaram will face four-times world champion and the reigning Olympic champion Dan Lin of China. World No.13 Indian pair of V.Diju and Jwala Gutta will take on Peng Soon Chan and Liuying Goh. Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa will fight it out against Anneke Feinya Agustin and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari in the women's doubles competition.

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