Saina Nehwal will be keen to put behind the disappointment of losing in the quarterfinals of just-concluded Asia Badminton Championship and train her eyes on winning the New Zealand Open beginning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n 29-year-old from Hyderabad, seeded second, will begin her quest for the\n second title this year when she will take on China’s Wang Zhiyi in the \nfirst round of the women’s singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World no. 9 is the only \nIndian to have won a title at the Indonesia Masters this year and Saina \nwould be looking to add another one to her kitty.In men’s singles, B Sai\n Praneeth and HS Prannoy have qualified automatically for the main draw \nalong with Subhanker Dey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap \nand Lakshya Sen will be fighting it out at the qualifiers to make it to \nthe main draw. Sai Praneeth, who lost in the final of Swiss Open this \nyear after going down to world No 2 Shi Yuqi of China, will start his \ncampaign against compatriot Subhankar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prannoy, on the other \nhand, will clash with Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in his first round men’s\n singles match.In men’s doubles, India will be represented by the pair \nof Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. The duo will face a qualifier in the \nfirst round.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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