PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen will look to make amends while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will hope to come up with another strong performance at the Indonesia Open BWF Super-1000 in Jakarta, the biggest tournament before the Olympics.
The world No.1 doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag have pulled out.
The cream of world badminton is in Jakarta after the Singapore Open Super-750 tournament concluded on Sunday. Sindhu, who lost to Carolina Marin last week, is expected to face the Spaniard once again in the second round in Jakarta. Sindhu begins against Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei.
India’s top-ranked shuttler Prannoy will play his sparring partner Priyanshu Rajawat in the first round and world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand or former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the second round.
Lakshya Sen, the other Indian to qualify for Olympics in men's singles, plays Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan and is expected to play Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia next.
Treesa-Gayatri, who stunned several top seeds in Singapore, have drawn Cheng Yu-Pei and Sun Yu Hsing. This would be the first meeting between the world No. 30 Indian duo against the world No. 67 Chinese Taipei opponents.
The Indians may face their biggest challenge in the second round against seventh-seeded Japanese pair of Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara.
