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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to transform their spectacular run of type right into a title after they spearhead the nation’s marketing campaign on the $950,000 Denmark Open Super 750 badminton event starting in Odense. FIle | Photo Credit: AP
Seeded sixth, the Asian Games champions will open in opposition to Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley.
Satwik and Chirag have been India’s standout performers this season, reaching back-to-back finals on the Hong Kong and China Masters Super 750 tournaments. The duo additionally secured a second world championships bronze in Paris, other than a string of semifinal finishes.
In males’s singles, world No. 28 Ayush Shetty, who clinched his maiden BWF Super 300 crown on the U.S. Open earlier this yr, will face France’s Toma Junior Popov in his opening spherical.
The 19-year-old reached the Hong Kong Super 500 quarterfinals however has struggled for rhythm in current weeks, struggling early exits on the Korea and China occasions and a defeat to Olympic silver medallist Kunlavut Vitidsarn on the Arctic Open.
Lakshya Sen, ranked nineteenth, will tackle Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen. The 2021 world championships bronze-medallist had rediscovered type with a runner-up end on the Hong Kong Super 500 in September, ending a lean spell since his fourth-place end on the Paris Olympics.
However, defeats to Japan’s Kodai Naraoka and Vitidsarn in current outings have underlined the necessity for consistency.
In ladies’s singles, younger Anmol Kharb, who made her maiden Super 500 semifinal look at Arctic Open final week, will face seventh seed Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in her opener.
In males’s doubles, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek Ok. have drawn Chinese Taipei’s Liu Kuang Heng and Yang Po Han.
Among ladies’s pairs, Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda will meet Scotland’s Julie MacPherson and Ciara Torrance, whereas Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi will face Bulgaria’s Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva.
In blended doubles, the pairs of Mohit and Lakshita Jaglan, Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani, and Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will look to make a mark.
Published – October 13, 2025 12:04 pm IST
