Overview
- Karunakaran and Variyath recovered from a 15-21 first-game loss to defeat Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan 21-16, 21-17 in a 45-minute opening match.
- Three other Indian mixed doubles pairs were eliminated in opening-round matches at the Jakarta event.
- Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde fell 14-21, 9-21 to Japan’s Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara.
- Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh suffered a 15-21, 9-21 defeat against Denmark’s Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch.
- Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto exited after an 11-21, 21-16, 14-21 loss to second seeds Tang Jie Chen and Ee Wei Toh of Malaysia.