Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start to the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia.

HS Prannoy made an early exit from the Badminton Asia Championships as he lost to Zu Guang Lu of China

India's top shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will try to overcome their string of below-par performances this season when the opening-round matches in the Badminton Asia Championships

Kidambi Srikanth beat compatriot HS Prannoy in two hard-fought games to enter the men's singles second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Wednesday.

The men's singles main round will thus feature six Indians including four direct entries -- Srikanth Kidambi and HS Prannoy who will face each other in round one, Priyanshu Rajawat, and Kiran George.

The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, starting from Tuesday at St Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

HS Prannoy was defeated by France's Toma Junior Popov in the men's singles opening round.

The currently 15th-ranked PV Sindhu will be returning to the court for the first time since January's Indonesia Masters tournament

2023 bronze medalists India were swept aside in the absence of PV Sindhu.

India badminton star HS Prannoy has endured a difficult phase in his career.