Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu, India's best hopes to clinch the winner's crown in the Yonex Sunrise Metlife BWF India Super Series 2014, will have to cross a Chinese hurdle each before entertaining any thought of ensuring a spot in the summit clash for the hosts.
Saina and Sindhu have been drawn in the second half of the draw in this $250,000 prize money tournament to be played at Siri Fort Sports Complex here from April 1-6 and could face each other in the semi finals.
Eighth seed Saina would kick off her campaign against Austria's Simone Prutsch and her first real challenge should come at the last eight stage where she is expected to meet former world champion and third seed Yihan Wang of China.
Sindhu, world number 9, has a more difficult task as she faces second seed and reigning All England champion Shixian Wang in the opening round. K Srikanth, currently the highest ranked Indian in the world, has the best possible opener among the Indians as he takes on Japan's Takuma Ueda, placed one place above him in the world ranking at 21. P Kashyap opens his campaign against sixth seed Zhengming Wang, 2010 Youth Olympics silver medallist H S Prannoy faces second seed Chen long of China.