Tokyo, July 14 -- India's star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty endured another injury setback as their comeback at the Japan Open 2026 was cut short, while two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu advanced comfortably to the second round of the BWF Super 750 tournament on Tuesday.

Returning to competitive action for the first time since last month's Indonesia Open, Satwik and Chirag were forced to retire midway through their opening-round clash against Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard after Satwik's recurring shoulder injury resurfaced, according to Olympics.com.

The fourth-ranked Indian duo dropped a closely fought opening game 21-19 before deciding not to continue, bringing a premature end to...