Overview
- World No. 16 Lakshya Sen opens against fifth seed and reigning Hylo winner Christo Popov after a season with 11 first-round exits in 17 events.
- Kidambi Srikanth faces compatriot Kiran George in an all-Indian men’s singles opener.
- Men’s doubles pair Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K draw France’s Christo and Toma Junior Popov in the first round.
- PV Sindhu’s early season shutdown prompts a youthful women’s singles contingent, including Anmol Kharb, Unnati Hooda and Aakarshi Kashyap.
- Ayush Shetty, India’s only BWF World Tour title winner this year, joins the men’s singles field alongside Tharun Mannepalli and Sankar Subramanian.