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Saina, Srikanth back in focus
Saina, Srikanth Back In Focus. Fresh from victories in the Indian Open, leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will look to continue their progress at the $500,000 Malaysia Open Superseries Premier at the Putra Stadium here.
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Kuala Lumpur: Fresh from victories in the Indian Open, leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will look to continue their progress at the $500,000 Malaysia Open Superseries Premier at the Putra Stadium here.
Appearance in the final of the All England Championships followed by victory in India Open have catapulted World No.2 Saina on to the top of the women's world rankings.
She is assured of the top rank when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) releases its latest rankings on Thursday.
Saina is seeded third in the tournament and will start her campaign against Indonesian Maria Febe Kudumastuti on Wednesday.
Saina is looking hungry and the way she defeated former world champion Ratchanok Intanon in the Indian Open final, proved that she is in top shape.
However, the campaign will once again be difficult considering one of the Olympic champions, Li Xuerui, and former No.1 Yihan Wang will be her semi-final opponents. If Saina has to reach the final, the 25-year-old will have to beat one of the formidable Chinese.
Reigning world champion Carolina Marin and No.3 Shixian Wang are in the other half of the draw.
Srikanth, meanwhile, is ranked fourth and is coming off a victorious campaign in New Delhi. After exiting the All England Championships in the very first round, the 22-year-old brought his campaign back on track in New Delhi.
The fourth seeded will open his campaign against Englishman Rajiv Ouseph. Reigning world champion Chen Long and No.3 Jan O Jorgensen have been seeded first and second respectively. Five-time world champion Lin Dan has been handed a fifth seeding.
