French Open Badminton: Saina and 4 other Indian shuttlers in PQFs today

Saina Nehwal and 4 other Indian shuttlers will play their pre-quarterfinal matches of the French Open Super Series Badminton tournament in Paris today. In the Women’s Singles, India’s shuttle queen and World Number 4 Saina will clash with Korea’s Yeon Ju Bae, while rising star PV Sindhu will take on Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland.

In the Men’s Singles, Ajay Jayaram will face Malaysia’s World Number One Chong Wei Lee, Srikanth K. will play Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand, and Anand Pawar will meet another Thai, Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk. London Olympics quarterfinalist, P. Kashyap, yesterday, crashed out of the tournament. Another Indian, RMV Gurusaidutt also could not make it to the pre-quarterfinals.