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Saina Nehwal to lead Indian campaign in US Open Grand Prix<br/>

In Badminton, London Olympics Bronze medalist Saina Nehwal will lead the Indian campaign in the US Open Grand Prix. Saina has been seeded second in the Women&apos;s singles category and will open her campaign against unseeded Scottish player Kirsty Gilmour tonight at Anaheim, United States. Apart from Saina, Rituparna Das, Ruthvika Shivani, Sri Krishna Priya and Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka and Reshma Karthik are the other Indian women&apos;s singles shuttlers in the fray.Over in Men&apos;s singles event, HS Prannoy is the torch bearer of Indian team. Seeded second, Prannoy will open his campaign against Luka Wraber of Denmark while fifth seed Sameer Verma will play against Vietnamese Hoang Nam Nguyen tonight. Parupalli Kashyap has the toughest of all battle as he will take on defending champion Lee Hyun Il in the opening round tonight. Budding shuttlers Lakhanee Sarang, Harsheel Dani and Abhishek Yelagar will also be in action in the event.In the Doubles event, three Indian pair in the Men&apos;s category, two in Womens&apos; and two in mixed will be looking out for podium finishes.

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