Tough draw for Saina, Sindhu at All England Championship

TIL Desk Sports/ Indian shuttlers, including P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, have been handed tough draws at the All England Championships, where the country has not won a title in the last 18 years.

Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Sindhu, who had reached the semi-finals last year, will open her campaign against South Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun, while Indonesia Masters champion Saina takes on Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour in the first round of World Tour Super 1000 tournament, which begins in Birmingham, on March 6.

Both Sindhu and Saina are currently playing at the Senior National Championships and will head straight to Birmingham from Guwahati for the prestigious tournament. Sindhu will have to be cautious against Hyun, who had defeated her at the Hong Kong Open last year. If she gets past Hyun, the Indian is likely to face third seed Chen Yufei in the quarter-final.