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Highlights India Open 2017, badminton scores and updates: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth enter 2nd round
Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu will be in action in the first round of the India Open 2017 on Wednesday. Follow our live blog for regular scores and updates.
Preview: Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu will be the cynosure of all eyes when the seventh India Super Series badminton tournament gets underway after the qualifiers on Wednesday.London bronze-medallist Saina will be one of the favourites at the Indian Super Series, an event she won two years ago to achieve the world No 1 ranking.[caption id="attachment_3167438" align="alignleft" width="380"]
File photo of PV Sindhu. AP[/caption]"Delhi has always been special to me. I won the Commonwealth Games gold here and then won the Indian Open in 2015 and became the world No.1. So everything has been special for me. It is great to play in front of home crowd," said the current world No 8, who has been on a comeback trail after recovering from a knee injury."The competition has become tougher. But I have been playing well, even at All England, the match that I lost was 50-50. So all I can say is I will give my best and hope to do well," she added.Rio Olympics silver-medallist Sindhu, who has been in rampaging form ever since her Olympic high, will also look to continue her good run at the Sri Fort Sports complex."I am looking forward to the event. It will be an exciting week, the competition is tough and I will give my best," the world No 5 said.Saina and Sindhu had crashed out of the All England Championship after losing in the quarter-finals and the duo would be eyeing better results this week. They are likely to bump into each other in the quarter-finals on Friday if they manage to topple their opponents in the first two rounds.Sindhu will open her campaign against a qualifier after her opponent -- Singapore's Xiaoyu Liang -- withdrew, while Saina will take on Chinese Taipei's Chia Hsin Lee in the opening round. Sindhu, seeded third, is likely to face Japan's Saena Kawakami in the second round, while Saina will probably take on Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong, an opponent she had beaten in the finals of the Malaysia Masters in January.The two have met just once in an international competition -- at the 2014 Syed Modi International -- where Saina had won in straight games. Saina and Sindhu were on collision course for a place in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open last year before the senior pro suffered a loss. They had played against each other in the Premier Badminton League with Sindhu having an upper-hand this year.With inputs from PTISub-Editor. I write about sports. You should read some of my copies now.
First Published:Mar 29, 2017, 21:17:46 IST
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