P.V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen to start their campaigns

In badminton, two-time Olympic medalist P.V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will open their campaigns at the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Tokyo tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Indian women’s doubles team of Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda crashed out in the opening round Tuesday, suffering a straight-game defeat to Japan’s Kokona Ishikawa and Maiko Kawazoe. The 39th-ranked Indian pair lost to the Japanese duo, 21-13, 21-7 in just 32 minutes.