It will be Lakshya Sen to open India's bid for a medal first!

World No. 9 Lakshya Sen will be the first one to step out from the Indian side as he takes on World No. 64 German player Max Weisskirchen. 

Lakshya hasn't enjoyed his usual dominant form in the Korea Masters and the Badminton Asia Championships but hopefully, he has done the extra homework to give Team India a good start today!

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The duo have met twice previously with both splitting their wins equally - but it's been a while since then!