India's men's doubles coach Tan Kim Her on Tuesday said Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's recurring shoulder injury remains the biggest concern ahead of the BWF World Championships.

Two-time Olympic medallist Indian shuttler PV Sindhu was on Tuesday seeded ninth in women's singles, while the star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been handed the fifth seeding for the upcoming BWF World Championships

Bolstered by her Japan Open triumph, India's PV Sindhu will spearhead the country's challenge at the China Open Super 1000 tournament starting on Tuesday.

The third-seeded duo, who pulled out of the Indonesia Open last month after Satwik aggravated a recurring shoulder injury, will be eager to resume from where they left off after ending a two-year title drought with the Singapore Open crown.

The Asian Games will be held from September 19 to October 4, and India will be hoping to replicate or even surpass their splendid show of 2023 edition.

Former world No. 1 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fought back from a game down to clinch their maiden Singapore Open title

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stunned top seeds and world No. 1 Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae of Korea in straight games to storm into the final of the Singapore Open.

India's PV Sindhu went down in the quarterfinals but men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the semifinals at the Singapore Open.

India's leading stars PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with mixed doubles duo Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open on Thursday.

PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the women's singles competition with an impressive straight-game win over fifth seed Putri Kusuma Wardani at the Singapore Open.