Overview

• The BWF World Championships begin Monday in Paris with difficult opening assignments for India’s squad.
• Lakshya Sen, ranked 21, opens against world No. 1 Shi Yu Qi, who leads their head-to-head 3-1 and owns three Super 1000 titles this season.
• P. V. Sindhu starts against Bulgaria’s Kaloyana Nalbantova after a lean year that included a China Open loss to Unnati Hooda, with a possible round-of-16 against Wang Zhi Yi.
• H. S. Prannoy faces Finland’s Joakim Oldorff in round one with a likely second-round meeting against world No. 2 Anders Antonsen.
• Men’s doubles ninth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have a first-round bye before a projected test against Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang; mixed pair Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also received a bye, and Rohan Kapoor with Ruthvika Shivani Gadde open against Macau’s Leong Lok Chong and Weng Chi Ng.