China Masters: Satwik-Chirag Return To Action In BWF World Tour

India's premier men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will make a highly-anticipated return to action at China Masters Super 750 bminton tournament, starting in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday, following a disappointing Paris Olympics campaign.

former world number one duo h been sidelined from competitive action post Paris Olympics due to Satwik's shoulder injury.

ir absence from circuit led m to miss several high-profile tournaments, including Arctic Open, Denmark Open, and China Open.

Fresh off a lengthy recovery, Satwik and his Asian Games gold medal-winning partner Chirag will aim to regain ir momentum, despite having been without a coach since Mathias Boe's departure in August.

Satwik and Chirag, who finished runner-up in last editions, will start ir campaign against Chinese Taipei's Yang Po-Hsuan and Lee Jhe-Huei in opening round.

Elsewhere, P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will look to overcome ir recent struggles and aim for improved performances as y continue ir quest for consistency and form.

Both players, who took a long break after ir campaign at Paris Games ended in early August without a medal, have struggled to regain ir best form since Olympics.

Since his semifinal loss in Paris, Lakshya has endured early exits at Arctic Open Super 500 and Denmark Open, and trend continued last week, with young shuttler making anor first-round exit from Kumamoto Masters Japan.

He will kick off his campaign against seventh-seeded Malaysian Lee Zii Jia.

23-year-old possesses ability to beat any opponent, but his mental toughness has been questioned following his agonising near-miss at Tokyo Olympics, where he slipped from a medal position in a heartbreaking loss.

Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu bounced back from her shock opening-round loss to Cana's Michelle Li in Finland, reaching quarterfinals in Odense.

However, Li proved to be a hurdle once again, defeating Sindhu in round of 16 last week.

unseeded Indian begins her campaign against Thailand's Supanida Katethong, whom she les 5-4 on he-to-he record.

Also competing in women's singles event will be promising young talents Aakarshi Kashyap and Malvika Bansod.

Aakarsi will face Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan in her opener while Malvika will take on Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt in first round.

women's doubles team of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, that me a first round exit from Kumamoto Masters Japan, will also be in action. Indian duo will square up against second seeded Chinese combination of Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning.

B Sumeeth Reddy will partner Sikki Reddy in mixed doubles event.