By IANS
New Delhi : Top Indian badminton players, including National Champion Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal, will be seen in action in the Pramod Mahajan All India Senior Ranking Badminton tournament to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here from Jan. 1.
Also participating, among others, in the six-day tournament will be former National Champion Chetan Anand, P. Kashyap, Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Sanava Thomas, Rupesh Kumar, V. Diju, Anand Pawar, Jishnu Sanyal and R.M.V Guru Sai Dutt in the men’s section.
Top women’s players include Trupti Murgunde, Aditi Mutatkar, Ashwani Punnapa, Nitya Sosale, Aparna Balan, Gayatri Vartak, Sayali Gokhale, V. Ruth Misha and Dhanya Nair.
More than 200 shuttlers across the country have already confirmed their participation in the Rs. 900,000 event, which would also form the basis for selection of the teams for the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup.