Ahead of India Open debut, Ayush Shetty looks to live up to the hype

Ahead of India Open debut, Ayush Shetty looks to live up to the hype

The 20-year-old has made waves by defeating several top 10 players over the last year, but he faces a litmus test as one of India’s top young prospect in a year packed with major events.

2026 India Open Badminton: Lakshya Sen Wins All-Indian Clash With Ayush Shetty; Treesa-Gayatri, Hariharan/Arjun Advance On Cricketnmore

2026 India Open Badminton: Lakshya Sen Wins All-Indian Clash With Ayush Shetty; Treesa-Gayatri, Hariharan/Arjun Advance, Former World Champion PV Sindhu: Former champion Lakshya Sen and top women's doubles duo, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, made.

India Open 2026: Lakshya Sen wins all-Indian clash against Ayush Shetty; Treesa-Gayatri, Hariharan/Arjun also advance - Sports News Portal

Ayush Shetty & Lakshya Sen after their Round of 32 all India clash at the YONEX- SUNRISE India Open 2026 (Image: BAI Media) Former champion Lakshya Sen, Syed Modi International winners Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand made a commanding start to their Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2026 campaign while men’s fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, seventh seed Kodai Naroaka of Japan and French sixth seed Alex Lanier were knocked out on the openi…