S P O R T P A D S

Yonex German Open GPG Badminton tournament gets underway today. Top seed and World no. 2, Lin Dan of China starts favourite to win the Men’s title. There are as many as 4 Indians in the fray competing in the Men’s section. This would be a good build up to the All England Championship starting on 6th March. India’s doubles pair of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar would be hoping to make at least into the Quarter Finals to get an inch closer to sealing the berth for Olympics. In the Women’s section, India would be looking at P V Sindhu, World No.2 in Juniors ranking, to put up an impressive show