Overview

• The eighth-seeded Indian pair, ranked world No. 8, opened their Super 500 campaign with a three-game victory over Taiwan’s Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin.
• Shetty was struck on the hand by Rankireddy’s racquet during the third game, received brief first aid, and continued; the injury is not believed to be serious but will be monitored.
• Their next opponents will be the winners of Japan’s Kenya Mitsuhashi/Hiroki Okamura versus Thailand’s Peeratchai Sukphun/Pakkapon Teeraratsakul.
• Kiran George qualified for the men’s singles main draw with straight-game wins over Malaysia’s Cheam June Wei and India’s S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian.
• George will face Singapore’s Jia Heng Jason Teh, while qualifier Tharun Mannepalli upset Kidambi Srikanth before losing to Malaysia’s Justin Hoh.