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Defending champion Saina set for Singapore test

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to put behind the disappointment of the Thailand Open quarterfinal defeat when she begins her title defence in the Singapore Super Series starting on Tuesday.

Written by Press Trust of India
Updated: June 13, 2011 08:58 pm IST

Read Time: 2 min

New Delhi:

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to put behind the disappointment of the Thailand Open quarterfinal defeat when she begins her title defence in the Singapore Super Series starting on Tuesday.

The Singapore Super Series is one of the three titles the world number four Indian won on the trot in June last year, but to repeat her show this year Saina will have to overcome her inconsistent form and lingering ankle injury.

Half-way through the year, Saina has just one title - Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold - and one runner-up finish in the Malaysia Super Series to her name.

In the last six months, Saina has tasted success but her defeats against lower ranked players such as Japanese Ai Goto in the Indian Open Super Series and then to world number 18 Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand in Sudirman Cup have brought to the fore her inconsistency.

In Thailand Open last week, Saina lost to world number 16 Xuerui Li of China in the quarterfinals and the Indian will have to get her act together if she hopes to defend her title at the Singapore Indoor Stadium this week.

The fourth seed will start her campaign against world number 24 Chinese Lu Lan, whom she beat in the opening round of the Thailand Open but the Indian can't afford to be complacent and take her opponent lightly.

If she passes the first hurdle, the 21-year-old Indian is not expected to face much difficulty in reaching the quarterfinals where she can meet top seed Chinese Shixian Wang for a place in the semifinals.

In the men's singles, it will be an uphill task for top Indian shuttler P Kashyap as he faces eighth seed Korean Sung Hwan Park in the opening round.

His compatriots, RMV Gurusai Datt and Ajay Jayaram will, however, have to make their way through the qualifying round starting Tuesday.

National Games gold medallist Arundhati Pantawane will also have to clear the qualifying rounds to make an entry to the main round in the women's singles.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, who lost in the first round of the Thailand Open, will face Kyung Eun Jung and Ha Na Kim of Korea in the opening round.

In the men's doubles, the Indian pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas will lock horns with Japanese combo of Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa in the first round.