Good morning and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of Saina Nehwal's first round match at the Australian Open. She is the defending champion but has a very tough hurdle in her first round as she faces the fourth seed Sung Ji Hyun.
Saina is coming off a second round defeat at last week's Indonesian Open and will be itching to get back to her winning ways. But will the mighty Korean allow her? Sung did defeat Saina in their last meeting at the All England Open in March.