Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta To Miss Korea Open Superseries

Indian badminton aces Saina Nehwal and Jwala Gutta will be skipping the Korea Open Superseries to be held at the S.K. Handball Stadium here from September 15 to 20. (Gutta, Ponappa Demand Seperate Coaches)

While women's singles World No.1 Saina did not enter the USD 600,000 tournament, Jwala will skip the event as she is unwell and she tweeted on her condition. (WATCH: Saina Nehwal Not Angry Over Padma Award Issue)

Hit by viral fever cold cough...???? Most horrible feeling ever..will be pulling out of Korean open too..hope to get back ASAP!!

- Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) September 9, 2015

Earlier in the day, Olympic bronze medallist Saina advanced to Round 2 of the USD 275,000 Japan Open Superseries but Jwala and her women's doubles partner Ashwini Ponnappa were knocked out of the first round.

Jwala played the match against China's Zhao Yunlei and Zhong Qianxin despite being ill. Ashwini tweeted that Jwala had played well despite not being 100 percent.

Sad that we lost today.The match was good though. @Guttajwala played really well despite being so sick??hope you well soon partner ??

- Ashwini Ponnappa (@P9Ashwini) September 9, 2015

With Jwala out, Ashwini too is automatically ruled out of the event to be held in the South Korean capital.

Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap have been seeded fourth and eighth at next week's next. H.S. Prannoy and Ajay Jayaram will also take part in the men's singles category.

In the absence of Saina, P.V. Sindhu will be the only Indian in women's singles and she will start her campaign against former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon.

N. Sikki Reddy will partner Pradnya Gadre in women's doubles and will combine with Tarun Kona next week.