Odense
\nOlympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will lead a strong Indian challenge at the Denmark Open badminton tournament which gets underway here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
While Sindhu has been seeded third in the event, world No.11 Saina is unseeded here.<\/p>\n
Sindhu will take on USA\u2019s Beiwen Zhang in the opening round of the women\u2019s singles. Saina, on the other hand, will be up against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
In men\u2019s singles competition, world no.6 Kidambi Srikanth will be India\u2019s best bet and has been seeded seventh in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Srikanth will face Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark in the opening round, while B Sai Praneeth will play Huang Yuxiang of China.<\/p>\n
However, it will be a difficult opening encounter for another Indian, Sameer Verma, as he will square off against third seed Shi Yuqi of China.<\/p>\n
The other Indian in fray, HS Prannoy also faces a tough first round match as he will be up against sixth seed Son Wan Ho of Korea.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, who lost his passport at Amsterdam and sought the Indian government\u2019s help on Friday, however doesn\u2019t feature in the men\u2019s singles draw.<\/p>\n
In men\u2019s doubles, the Indian pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will take on local hope Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the opening round.<\/p>\n
Ashwini Ponappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will face the Korean combination of Seo Seung Jae and Chae Yujung in the first round of the mixed doubles competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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