<p>Fresh from winning his maiden World Championships bronze medal, H S Prannoy will spearhead India's campaign alongside Lakshya Sen, who will strive to regain top form before the Asian Games, at the China Open Super 1000 Tournament, beginning here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>There will be no Indian in the women's singles as star shuttler P V Sindhu has pulled out in a last-minute decision to focus on the Asian Games.</p>.<p>Sindhu, who clinched a silver at the last Asiad, was pitted against Korea's Kim Ga Eun.</p>.H S Prannoy achieves career-high world ranking of No 6, Sindhu jumps to 14.<p>Kerala shuttler Prannoy had a dream run at the Worlds last month where he stunned world No 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen en route to his bronze medal.</p>.<p> Prannoy, who achieved his career-high world ranking of No 6 on the back of the World Championships show, will open his campaign against Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia.</p>.<p> Should he overcome the opening round, Prannoy could potentially face world No 4 and third-seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand in the round of 16, a competitor he has yet to defeat in their two previous face-offs.</p>.<p> Prannoy could potentially face world No 9 Jonatan Christie from Indonesia in the quarterfinals, and if the Indian manages to advance further he even set the stage for a rematch against top-seeded Axelsen in the semifinals.</p>.<p> Commonwealth Games champion and former world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, however, could not repeat his 2021 show and had a disappointing outing at Copenhagen last month, going down to Vitidsarn in the round of 16.</p>.<p> Lakshya will look to test his skills against the best as he starts off against Anders Antonsen of Denmark.</p>.<p> Lakshya, on the other hand, has a tougher path, with the possibility of facing seventh seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the round of 16 and world No 1 Axelsen in the quarterfinals.</p>.<p> Priyanshu Rajawat is the other Indian in men's singles main draw as he takes on Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia in the opening round.</p>.<p> In the men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to get over the disappointment of their quarterfinals exit at the World Championships, with an improved show here.</p>.<p>The Indian duo is seeded second and open its campaign against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia.</p>.<p> M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will take on Japanese duo of Keichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi.</p>.<p> All eyes will also be on the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand as they face top-seeded Chinese pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan.</p>.<p> The Indians will face the Chinese duo less than two weeks after they went down to them in the World Championships. </p>
<p>Fresh from winning his maiden World Championships bronze medal, H S Prannoy will spearhead India's campaign alongside Lakshya Sen, who will strive to regain top form before the Asian Games, at the China Open Super 1000 Tournament, beginning here on Tuesday.</p>.<p>There will be no Indian in the women's singles as star shuttler P V Sindhu has pulled out in a last-minute decision to focus on the Asian Games.</p>.<p>Sindhu, who clinched a silver at the last Asiad, was pitted against Korea's Kim Ga Eun.</p>.H S Prannoy achieves career-high world ranking of No 6, Sindhu jumps to 14.<p>Kerala shuttler Prannoy had a dream run at the Worlds last month where he stunned world No 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen en route to his bronze medal.</p>.<p> Prannoy, who achieved his career-high world ranking of No 6 on the back of the World Championships show, will open his campaign against Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia.</p>.<p> Should he overcome the opening round, Prannoy could potentially face world No 4 and third-seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand in the round of 16, a competitor he has yet to defeat in their two previous face-offs.</p>.<p> Prannoy could potentially face world No 9 Jonatan Christie from Indonesia in the quarterfinals, and if the Indian manages to advance further he even set the stage for a rematch against top-seeded Axelsen in the semifinals.</p>.<p> Commonwealth Games champion and former world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, however, could not repeat his 2021 show and had a disappointing outing at Copenhagen last month, going down to Vitidsarn in the round of 16.</p>.<p> Lakshya will look to test his skills against the best as he starts off against Anders Antonsen of Denmark.</p>.<p> Lakshya, on the other hand, has a tougher path, with the possibility of facing seventh seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the round of 16 and world No 1 Axelsen in the quarterfinals.</p>.<p> Priyanshu Rajawat is the other Indian in men's singles main draw as he takes on Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia in the opening round.</p>.<p> In the men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to get over the disappointment of their quarterfinals exit at the World Championships, with an improved show here.</p>.<p>The Indian duo is seeded second and open its campaign against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia.</p>.<p> M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila will take on Japanese duo of Keichiro Matsui and Yoshinori Takeuchi.</p>.<p> All eyes will also be on the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand as they face top-seeded Chinese pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan.</p>.<p> The Indians will face the Chinese duo less than two weeks after they went down to them in the World Championships. </p>