Sayed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournment begins today

In Badminton, Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold event gets underway with the qualifiers in Lucknow today. The International Tournament with the prize money of Hundred and twenty thousand US dollars is being played at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium.

India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has decided to give it a miss as after the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold event she is taking a break to continue her rehab following



her knee surgery. However, olympic silver-medallist P V Sindhu will ensure that the International event is not short of star power. Top seeded, Sindhu will face Anura Prabhudesai in the opening round. 

In the men's draw, K Srikanth will be looking to make a successful comeback into the international circuit after spending four months on the sidelines due to an ankle injury.