Two-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion Sameer Verma will look to shrug off their All England disappointment when they spearhead India's campaign at the Swiss Open, starting with the qualifiers on Tuesday.

For Sameer, this event started his journey that culminated into a World Tour Final semifinal finish last year and a career-high ranking of 11. He had defeated newly-crowned All England Champion Kento Momota in the quarterfinals, a few months before the Japanese went on to become the world No 1 and world champion last year.

World No 14 Sameer will be opening his campaign in $150,000 event against a qualifier after his elder brother Sourabh, who had also battled injuries on his way to becoming the Senior National Champion last month at Guwahati, pulled out of the tournament.

Sameer might face fellow Indian B Sai Praneeth in the second round and a favourable result is likely to hand him over the chance to settle scores with former world No 1 Viktor Axelsen, who had defeated him in the first round of All England Championships in Birmingham last week.

The BWF World Tour Super 300 event will be Saina's fourth outing this season, having won the Indonesia Masters before losing in the semifinals and quarterfinals at Malaysia Masters and All England Championship respectively.

She begins her campaign against a qualifier, eying to secure her third title at Swiss. She had won the event in 2011 and 2012 in the past.

Seeded third, Saina is expected to face second seeded He Bingjiao of China in the semifinals if the results fall in her favour.

Among other Indians in fray, Parupalli Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games champion, will face a qualifier, Praneeth will meet England's Rajiv Ouseph and  Subhankar Dey will also take on a qualifier in first round.