Overview
- Sen, seeded seventh, beat world No. 26 Watanabe 21-12, 21-16 to open his campaign.
- He will next face the winner of Jia Heng Jason Teh versus Victor Lai in the round of 16.
- Kiran George exited in the first round after a 20-22, 10-21 loss to Malaysia’s Kok Jing Hong.
- Ayush Shetty went down to fourth seed Kodai Naraoka 16-21, 11-21 in men’s singles.
- In mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde lost 12-21, 21-19, 20-22 to Americans Presley Smith and Jennie Gai, while H.S. Prannoy and Tharun Mannepalli had matches scheduled later.