India, Aug. 31 -- The badminton spotlight now shifts to Shenzhen for the China Masters 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event running from September 1 to 6. With a USD 1.25 million prize pool and several top names in the field, the tournament offers India's shuttlers an important opportunity to bounce back after the World Championships and build momentum ahead of the Asian Games.

Lakshya Sen headlines the Indian challenge in men's singles but faces a difficult opening-round test against newly crowned world champion Alex Lanier. Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth will also begin his campaign against Chinese Taipei's Chi Yu-jen, while fourth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face a tricky men's doubles opener. In women's sin...