Fresh from his semifinal appearance in New Zealand and in the absence of the top guns, B Sai Praneeth will lead the Indian challenge at the Australian Australian Open HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300, starting here tomorrow. READ | India’s badminton doubles coach to review pairings for Olympic gloryIn their absence, Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will lead India’s campaign. Manu-Sumeeth have been seeded third and will open their campaign against Australian pair of Lukas Defolky and Michael Fariman. The other Indian men’s doubles pair of Arjun M.R. In the men’s singles, world No.18 Praneeth has been handed a top seeding and he will meet Israel’s Misha Zilberman in the opening round.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2018 14:03 UTC