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Uneven court surface has forced the organisers of the of the Senior National Badminton Championship to reschedule the pre-quarterfinals of this year’s tournament being held in Guwahati. The likes of Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap and B Sai Praneeth will play their respective matches later this evening.

Lakshya Sen and Shlok Ramachandran, who played important roles in Airport Authority of India’s Inter-Zonal title triumph, moved to the next round of the Senior Badminton Nationals. Harsheel Dani also battled it out against Siril Verma in a nail-biting thriller to qualify for the third round.

P V Sindhu has mentioned that she is confident of striking gold at the World Championship later this year at St.Jakobshalle Basel. The Olympic silver medallist, who had finished second in the last two editions of the world championships, wants to give her best at the prestigious event this year.

Pullela Gopichand had hoped that India can shake off their All England Open jinx and that one of the three Indian players can win the premier tournament this year. Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, and Kidambi Srikanth will be participating in the international competition later this year.