World number one Saina Nehwal is all set to defend her women's singles title at the Australian Open super series starting from today.
The star Indian shuttler will begin her campaign against a yet to be decided qualifier.
Nehwal who is the current world number one, has been seeded in the tournament second this year.
She defeated Spaniard Carolina Marin to lift the trophy last year.
Indian shuttlers Pranaav Chopra and Ashwini Ponnappa will pair up to take on Australian pair of Cham Chen and Susan Wang in mixed doubles, while R M V Gurusaidutt will face Malaysia's Ai wei Jian in the men's singles qualifiers.
Two-time World Championship bronze medallist, P V Sindhu will take on former world number one and current eighth seed Wang Yihan of China. Qualifying matches will be held today while the main competition will start tomorrow.
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