Saina, Prannoy aim to qualify for Dubai Finals

Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy will look to enhance their chances of qualifying for the Dubai Super Series Finals.

saina and pronnoy, Dubai

Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy will look to enhance their chances of qualifying for the Dubai Superseries Finals. They have a good performance at the $700,000 China Open Superseries Premier in Fuzhou on Tuesday.

Interestingly, both Saina and Prannoy are ranked 11th in the Dubai Ranking. They are racing against time to book a berth at next month’s SuperSeries Final with just two events. China Open and Hong Kong Open – left in the calendar.

The 27-year-old Saina, who clinched a bronze medal at the Glasgow World Championship, will open her campaign against USA’s Beiwen Zhang, while Prannoy will face a qualifier in the opening round.

Both Saina and Prannoy are ranked 11th in the Destination Dubai Ranking and are racing against time to book a berth at next month’s super series final with just two Super Series events.

In the qualifiers Tuesday, Satwiksairaj and Ashwini will look to make it to the main draw when they face Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Wu Ti Jung. In men’s singles, Parupalli Kashyap will lock horns with Chinese Guo Kai in the qualifiers.

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