<p>World No.8 shuttler Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have been seeded at the $250,000 India Open Super Series to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here April 1-6.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina has been seeded eighth in the draw that was made Tuesday. She faces an easy opener against Austrian Simone Prutsch in the first round of India's premier badminton tournament.<br /><br />World No.1 and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China is the top seed while defending champion and world No.4 Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand has been seeded fourth.<br /><br />Saina's compatriot world No.9 P.V. Sindhu will take on second seed and World No.2 Shixian Wang of China in the opener. But the 18-year-old Hyderabadi can take confidence from the fact that she has a 3-0 win-record over the Chinese and defeated her last week too at the Swiss Open quarterfinals.<br /><br />The other Indians in the women's singles main draw are Tanvi Lad, former national champion Trupti Murgunde, P.C. Thulasi, Saili Rane and Arundhati Pantawane.<br /><br />In men's singles draw, defending champion and World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia will be the main attraction as the top seed.<br /><br />The Indians in the main men's draw are Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Varma, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt, B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Anand Pawar and H.S. Prannoy.<br /><br />There have been two direct qualifications for the men's doubles main draw and three in women's doubles.<br /><br />Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar and Manu Attri/B. Sumeeth Reddy will participate in men's competition while Prajakta Sawant/Arathi Sara Sunil, Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre/N. Siki Reddy are in women's doubles.<br /><br />Abhijeet Naimpally/Trupti Murgunde, Gaurav Venkat/Juhi Dewangan, Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Maneesha K., Tarun Kona/Ashwini Ponnappa, Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre, Abhishek Ahlawat/Kristi Das and Arun Vishnu/Aparna Balan are the Indians pairings for the mixed doubles competitions.</p>
<p>World No.8 shuttler Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have been seeded at the $250,000 India Open Super Series to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here April 1-6.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina has been seeded eighth in the draw that was made Tuesday. She faces an easy opener against Austrian Simone Prutsch in the first round of India's premier badminton tournament.<br /><br />World No.1 and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China is the top seed while defending champion and world No.4 Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand has been seeded fourth.<br /><br />Saina's compatriot world No.9 P.V. Sindhu will take on second seed and World No.2 Shixian Wang of China in the opener. But the 18-year-old Hyderabadi can take confidence from the fact that she has a 3-0 win-record over the Chinese and defeated her last week too at the Swiss Open quarterfinals.<br /><br />The other Indians in the women's singles main draw are Tanvi Lad, former national champion Trupti Murgunde, P.C. Thulasi, Saili Rane and Arundhati Pantawane.<br /><br />In men's singles draw, defending champion and World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia will be the main attraction as the top seed.<br /><br />The Indians in the main men's draw are Parupalli Kashyap, Sourabh Varma, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt, B. Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, Anand Pawar and H.S. Prannoy.<br /><br />There have been two direct qualifications for the men's doubles main draw and three in women's doubles.<br /><br />Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar and Manu Attri/B. Sumeeth Reddy will participate in men's competition while Prajakta Sawant/Arathi Sara Sunil, Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre/N. Siki Reddy are in women's doubles.<br /><br />Abhijeet Naimpally/Trupti Murgunde, Gaurav Venkat/Juhi Dewangan, Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Maneesha K., Tarun Kona/Ashwini Ponnappa, Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre, Abhishek Ahlawat/Kristi Das and Arun Vishnu/Aparna Balan are the Indians pairings for the mixed doubles competitions.</p>