Satwik-Chirag in action

India's top men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will play Chinese Taipei's pair of Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han, who are ranked 21st in the world, in the opening round of Japan Masters on Tuesday.

This will be their second meeting. Their previous meeting came at the French Open last year when the world no. 5 Indian pair won 21-13, 21-19.

Satwik-Chirag starts the match as firm favourites. They are expected to march to the second round with ease.