New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Indian shuttlers face tough draws as the schedule for the individual competitions at the Asian Games were announced on Thursday.

In men's singles, while top Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen received an opening round bye, he will face former world champion Loh Kean Yew, who also received a bye, in the second round. If Sen gets past Yew, the world No. 14 will easily reach the quarter-finals where he will likely face world No. 1 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia.

Ayush Shetty also received a first-round bye but will face his first real test in Round 3 against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.

PV Sindhu also received a first-round bye in women's singles and is likely to easily progress to the quarter-finals where she could fa...