PV Sindhu to guide India’s marketing campaign at Hylo Open 2026 after French Open runner-up end; Lakshya Sen additionally in motion

Berlin [Germany], October 26 (ANI): Coming off a runner-up end in France final week, PV Sindhu will goal to go one higher as she leads India’s marketing campaign on the Hylo Open 2026 badminton match in Germany, which begins on Tuesday.

Ranked World No. 11 and seeded second, Sindhu will look to hold her momentum into the match after falling to reigning Olympic and world champion An Se-young of South Korea within the ultimate in France, as per Olympics.com. 

The two-time Olympic medallist has loved a promising run on the BWF World Tour this yr and shall be desirous to proceed her robust type on the Hylo Open.

Before ending as runner-up on the French Open final week, Sindhu reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia Open in January and the Australian Open in June earlier than clinching the Japan Open title in July.

She shall be joined within the ladies’s singles draw on the Hylo Open by eight compatriots: Ashmita Chaliha, Devika Sihag, Isharani Baruah, Aakarshi Kashyap, Anmol Kharb, Malvika Bansod and Unnati Hooda.

Ashmita, who received the Korea Masters earlier this yr, registered the largest victory of her profession final Thursday on the French Open, defeating Japan’s three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi within the second spherical.

Meanwhile, Devika Sihag faces a difficult opening-round encounter in opposition to high seed and world No. 8 Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.

In the boys’s singles occasion, Lakshya Sen, the 2019 champion, will spearhead India’s marketing campaign on the match.

Sen, nonetheless, shall be eager to show his fortunes round after a tough season. The Indian shuttler conceded a walkover within the opening spherical in Paris final week and has suffered first-round exits in six of his final seven BWF World Tour tournaments this yr.

Lakshya Sen shall be joined within the males’s singles draw by compatriots Ayush Shetty, World Championships bronze medallist HS Prannoy, Kiran George and Tharun Mannepalli.

India’s main males’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have withdrawn from the occasion after struggling their third consecutive first-round exit in Paris.

Arjun Reddy Pochana and Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu are the one Indian representatives within the males’s doubles draw and can start their marketing campaign within the qualifying rounds.

India may have no illustration in both the ladies’s doubles or combined doubles occasions. 

Hylo Open 2026 badminton: India squad: 

Men’s singles: Lakshya Sen, Kiran George, Ayush Shetty, Tharun Mannepalli, HS Prannoy, S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (Q)

Men’s doubles: Arjun Reddy Pochana-Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu (Q)

Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Ashmita Chaliha, Devika Sihag, Isharani Baruah, Anmol Kharb, Malvika Bansod, Unnati Hooda, Aakarshi Kashyap, Meghana Reddy Mareddy (Q). (ANI)