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MUMBAI: Watch Saina Nehwal battle it out at the All England Open Badminton championship from March 8th - 13th live on NEO Sports. The All England Championship is to be played at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham and Saina will be up against the cream of women shuttlers from around the globe, including top Chinese rivals, to prove her mettle. All England open is one of the five events that comprises of the Premier Series, effectively the first tennis-style grand slam. Top players like Shixian Wang, Yihan Wang, Xin Wang will participate in the All England Badminton Championships
Saina is looking forward to kick start the season with the All England Badminton Championships. Hyderabad based Saina in December lost to Japan‘s Sayaka Sato in three games in the Korean Open in the last week of January, owing to her ankle injury. She will be hoping to climb the rankings by working hard to prove full fitness and to regain her prime form
According to Prasana Krishnan, COO, NEO Sports Broadcast Pvt. Ltd " With a very successful and path breaking 2010 season where Saina won the Hong Kong Super Series, Indonesian Super Series and the Singapore Super series, she would want to continue with the same momentum into this year‘s All England Open. Saina recently won a gold medal at the 2010 Common Wealth games and was a semi finalist at last years All England Open. We look forward to an exciting match and hope all our viewers enjoy the same on NEO Sport."
Saina will play her first round match against Bae Seung Hee of Korea in this year‘s All England Open Badminton Championship. Only two Indians have won the singles championship at the All England Open. Parakash Padukone achieved the feat in the year 1980 and Sania‘s current coach Pullela Gopichand in 2001.
Indian team participation in all categories includes:
Men‘s Singles: P Kashyap
Women‘s Singles: Saina Nehwal
Men‘s Doubles: Rupesh Kumar & Sanave Thomas
Women‘s Doubles: Jwala & Ashwini
Mixed Doubles: Diju & Jwala
