Brimming with confidence after winning his maiden Grand Prix title at Canada, India's B Sai Praneeth will now set his eyes on the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament starting in El Monte today. The 23-year-old Praneeth will start his campaign against Sweden's Henri Hurskainen.Rio-bound Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy too will be looking forward to get another trophy after grabbing the men's doubles crown at the Canada Open.The first Indian men's doubles pair to qualify for the Rio Olympics, Manu and Sumeeth are the defending champions in this tournament and has got a bye in the opening round.Young Harsheel Dani will meet Israel's Misha Zilberman, while fifth seed HS Prannoy will face USA's Calvin Lin, RMV Gurusaidutt will square up against USA's Phillips Jap and Pratul Joshi will take on Canada's Kevin Barkman.In women's singles, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will take on Japan's Ayumi Mine, while Tanvi Lad will play against Guatemala's Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor.Among other Indians, men's doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar, women's doubles combo of Jakkampudi Meghana and S Poorvisha Ram and Rio-bound top seeds Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are also in the fray.
News On AIR | July 5, 2016 7:55 AM
US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament begins today