PV Sindhu leads India's challenge at Hong Kong Super Series begins in Hong Kong today

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will lead India's challenge at the Hong Kong Super Series, starting at Kowloon in Hong Kong today. She had suffered a listless loss against China's Gao Fangjie in China Open Super Series Premier last week. 

Among other Indians, national champions Saina Nehwal and H S Prannoy have also been on the road like Sindhu and they too will look to end the season on a high. While World No. 10 Prannoy will face experienced Hong Kong's Hu Yun in the opening round, Saina, ranked 11th, opens her campaign against Denmark's Mette Poulsen in the women's singles.

After opting out of last week's China Superseries Premier, men's singles players B Sai Praneeth and P Kashyap will return to action this week with the former taking on second seed Korean Son Wan Ho. Kashyap will face Chinese Taipei's Kan Chao



Yu in the qualifier, while Sourabh Verma will fight it out with Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto. 

World No. 2 K Srikanth, who has clinched four titles and reached five finals this season, will be missing in action for the second successive week after failing to completely recover from a muscle strain.

National champions Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will face qualifiers in the men's doubles, while second seeds Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok will take on Hong Kong's Li Kuen Hon and Yeung Shing Choi in the qualifying round.

Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will meet China's Huang Dongping and Li Wenmei in women's doubles. Meanwhile, Pranaav Jerry Chopra has pulled out of the tournament after failing to recover from a leg injury he suffered during the National Championship.