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Two-time Olympic-medallist P.V. Sindhu volition look to extremity a prolonged rubric drought, portion rising prima Ayush Shetty volition spearhead India's men's singles run astatine the Australian Open Super 500 badminton tourney opening successful Sydney connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
Sindhu, seeded third, enters the tourney with a favourable gully arsenic she searches for her archetypal BWF World Tour rubric since winning the Syed Modi International successful 2024.
The erstwhile satellite champion's champion effect this play remains a semifinal decorativeness astatine the Malaysia Open successful January.
The 30-year-old volition unfastened against Peru's Ines Lucia Castillo and is apt to look the victor of the first-round clash betwixt chap Indian Isharani Barua and China's Han Qian Xi.
Sindhu comes into the lawsuit aft a round-of-16 decorativeness astatine the Indonesia Open, wherever she mislaid to Paris Olympics champion and aged nemesis and satellite No.1 An Se-young of South Korea.
If she progresses arsenic expected, Sindhu could tally into Japan's satellite No.3 Akane Yamaguchi successful the semifinals.
The Indian enjoys a slender 15-13 head-to-head vantage implicit the Japanese star. A imaginable last could pit her against 2nd effect and satellite No. 8 Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand, against whom Sindhu leads 7-5.
India volition person a sizeable beingness successful the women's singles gully arsenic Tanvi Sharma faces fifth-seeded Chiu Pin-Chian of Chinese Taipei, portion Malvika Bansod takes connected Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei.
Anmol Kharb has been handed a pugnacious opener against erstwhile satellite champion and 4th effect Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
Aakarshi Kashyap faces Malaysia's Wong Ling Ching, portion Tanya Hemanth takes connected USA's Ishika Jaiswal.
In men's singles, satellite No. 20 Ayush Shetty, seeded sixth, volition statesman against a qualifier arsenic helium seeks a bully tally aft a pre-quarterfinal exit astatine the Indonesia Open past week.
Former satellite championships bronze-medallist HS Prannoy opens against Indonesia's Moh. Zaki Uba, portion satellite No. 49 Kiran George volition look Malaysia's Justin Hoh successful the archetypal round.
India's situation successful men's doubles volition remainder connected 2 pairs.
Hariharan Amsakarunan and M.R. Arjun, who are caller from a quarterfinal quality astatine the Indonesia Open, look a stiff opening-round trial against eighth-seeded Chinese Taipei duo Lee Fang-Chih and Lee Fang-Jen.
Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Pochana Arjun Reddy volition instrumentality connected China's Huang Di and Liu Yang.
India person nary representatives successful the women's doubles main draw.
In mixed doubles, sixth-seeded Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto volition unfastened against Hong Kong's Chan Yin Chak and Ng Tsz Yau.
