Birmingham: A challenging draw stands in the way but India’s top shuttlers P. V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will nonetheless fancy their chances of ending a nearly two-decade old title jinx at the All England Championship starting on Wednesday.
Sindhu and Saina’s mentor and current chief national coach P. Gopichand was the last Indian to win the championship back in 2001.
Fifth-seeded Olympic and world championship silver-medallist Sindhu will square off against former world No.2 Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea at the $1 million event.
London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina, seeded eighth, will start her campaign against Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour.
While Saina enjoys a 6-0 overall record against Gilmour, Sindhu has been troubled by Sung Ji but leads 8-6 in their previous 14 encounters.
