Omar rashid

Syed Modi International Super: Defending women’s doubles champions Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto along with the talented men’s singles player Priyanshu Rajawat will be eying the title in the second edition of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament, begining here this week.

Ashwini-Tanisha and Rajawat have been given the top billing in their respective events and the badminton fans will be hoping that the Indian shuttlers will repeat last week’s showing at the Syed Modi International Super 300 where the hosts had a representative in all five finals and won three of them.

A total of 461 players from 20 countries are to participate in the tournament with the main draw starting from Wednesday and will continue over the next five days.