Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will be vying for her maiden level three title at the $120,000 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold where she is seeded no.1 in women’s singles.
Sindhu, ranked 15th in the world, will face Chen Jiayuan of Singapore in opening round of the tournament to be played from April 30 to May 4.
Other Indians in women’s main draw are P C Thulasi, Arundhati Pantawane and Tanvi lad. Rituparna Das and G Ruthvika Shivani will feature in the qualifying round.
In men’s singles, India would be represented by H S Prannoy, R M V Gurusaidutt, Sameer Verma, Abhimanyu Singh, Oscar Bansal and K Srikanth.
Prannoy, who defeated former World No. 1 Taufik Hidayat in second round of India Open before going down to current no. 1 lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals, has got a walk over in the first round.
Gurusaidutt, who lost in quarterfinals of the Indian Open, has been seeded eleventh in the men’s singles of the $ 120,000 competition.
He will take on Chao Huang of Singapore in the first round.
In the other opening round matches, Sameer will meet Wei Jian Ai of Malaysia, while Abhimanyu would face Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong.
Bansal and Srikanth will take on Beryno Jiann Tze Wong and Sung Min Park, respectively.
The combination of S Sanjeeth and Jagadish Yadav will play in the men’s doubles main draw, while D Guru Prasad and Vineeth Manuel will play in the qualifying round.