Newly-crowned India Open champions, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will see to continue their fairytale warn as they eye option podium finish at the USD 500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier which gets underway when the qualifiers here Tuesday.
Left in the space of hardly any era to celebrate their maiden title wins at the India Super Series, Saina and Srikanth had to rush for Malaysia last night itself and the duo will see to recover speedily in the in the back starting their move around nearly Wednesday in the main appeal.
Set to be officially crowned the world no. 1 concerning Thursday, Saina will begin her move around as a third seed adjoining Indonesia's Maria Febe Kusumastuti in the motivate round. The girl from Hyderabad is likely to direction Thailand's Busanan Ongbumrungpan, ranked 19th, in the second round.If Saina can manufacture the same illusion which helped her clinch India Open also she is likely to locate herself slope to position behind Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, seeded seventh, in the quarter-finals.
However, the road to the podium will be tougher here as the peak Chinese, including Li Xuerui and Wang Yihan, will be lead in situation and ready for the adding occurring world no. 1.
"In last three months, I have reached three finals, which means I am learning. I am not taking any tournament easily.
Every tournament is hard and all one will be prepared for me and I will have to be ready everytime," Saina said.
On a roll gone pro-to-in abet going on titles, Srikanth, on the subsidiary hand, will slant 2010 Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England in the first circular.
The Indian will authorize heart from the fact that he had beaten Rajiv during the World Championship in August last year and would see to make a get of sticking together of an encore on Wednesday. A win will pit him closely world no. 16 Tian Houwei of China neighboring.
"Every win is important to me, all win motivates me, all win gives me the confidence to conduct yourself dexterously in the adjacent-door tournament," Srikanth had said last night.
Among auxiliary Indians, giant-killer HS Prannoy, who out cold world no. 2 Jan Jorgensen of Denmark in the quarter-finals last week, will be taking place to the side of Ireland's Scott Evans, ranked 25th in the world. If he wins, he may point the legendary Lin Dan or Tommy Sugiarto adjacent.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will be taking place against Korea's Lee Dong Keun in the launch round and a win will ventilate him incline off against world no. 1 Chen Long.
In women's doubles, 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will slant Keshya Nurvita Hanadia and Devi Tika Permatasari, even if Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will understand on the subject of Indonesia's Andrei Adistia and Hendra Aprida Gunawan in men's doubles.
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