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After a disappointing campaign final week at the Denmark Open, where none of the Indian shuttlers reached the semifinals, the activeness now moves to Paris for the French Open up Badminton 2021. The World Tour Super 750 issue will provide the Indian contingent another opportunity to redeem themselves and get some much-needed wins under their belt ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals and the BWF World Championships in December.

2-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will undoubtedly exist India's biggest attraction at the French Open Badminton 2021 that is scheduled to be held from Oct 26-31. Seeded third at this tournament, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist has been placed in the bottom half of the draw.

Sindhu begins her entrada against Globe No. 39 Julie Dawall Jakobsen. She will get enough fourth dimension to play into form before potentially facing Denmark Open champion Akane Yamaguchi or her last calendar week'south conqueror An Seyoung in the final.

Saina Nehwal, meanwhile, has been handed yet some other tough draw. The former Globe No. 1, who suffered a loss and had a retirement in her last couple of matches, faces World No. 15 Sayaka Takahashi in her opener. With the Japanese having beaten Nehwal the last three times, the Indian definitely has an uphill job on her hands.

Erstwhile French Open Badminton champion Kidambi Srikanth leads Indian men's singles challenge

Can Kidambi Srikanth cause an upset at the French Open Badminton 2021?

2017 French Open Badminton champion Kidambi Srikanth returns to the scene of his final Superseries win at this tournament. Since then, the Indian has mightily struggled to regain his grade.

Although he showed signs of his brilliance against World No. 1 Kento Momota in the opening game at the Denmark Open concluding week, the 2nd game was a whimper from the Indian. Having eventually fallen 21-23, 9-21 to the Japanese, Srikanth will be hoping to turn the tables on Momota when the 2 face up off in the first round this week. With the summit-ranked player coming off a marathon final loss to Viktor Axelsen at Odense last week, Srikanth will be sniffing his chances for an upset.

Sameer Verma, the only Indian men's singles player to reach the quarters in Denmark, starts off his campaign against sixth seed Jonatan Christie.

While both Srikanth and Sameer are in the acme half of the draw, the bottom one-half sees as many as v Indians huddled together. HS Prannoy will face off confronting fourth seed Chou Tien Chen and Sourabh Verma will meet fifth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Former Commonwealth Games golden medalist Parupalli Kashyap takes on home hope Brice Leverdez in the first circular while Sai Praneeth and Lakshya Sen square off in an all-Indian opener.

In men's doubles, fifth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face World No. 28 Lee Jhe-Huei and Po-Hsuan Yang. Manu Attri-Sumeeth Reddy and Dhruv Kapila-MR Arjun are the other two Indian pairs in men's doubles.

In women'south doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy accept their task cut out against summit seeds Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan, having lost to the same opponents last week. Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha South. Ram, meanwhile, lock horns with holland' Alyssa Tirtosentono and Imke Van Der Aar.

The mixed doubles section, too, hasn't been any kinder for the Indian teams. While MR Arjun-Maneesha K face up the peak seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai, Dhruv Kapila-Sikki Reddy have fifth seeds Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying up outset.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa can breathe a sigh of relief as they take a relatively easier opponent in the form of Denmark's Mathias Thyrri-Mai Surrow.