Former champions PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal got a tough draw in the India Open Badminton Championship starting on 24 March. Sindhu will begin her campaign in this World Tour Super 500 tournament against Hong Kong's Cheung Nagan Yi. He may face seventh seed Micheli Lee of Canada in the quarter-finals. Saina will play Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po in the first round. In the second round, he may take on eighth-seeded Korean Sung Ji Hyun. Saina has very little time left to make it to the fourth consecutive Olympic Games.

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Srikanth and Goal may face face-to-face fifth-seeded Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles. After this, he may face compatriot Lakshya Sen. Sen will also start against the qualifiers. B Sai Praneeth will play first-round compatriot HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma from Thailand's Citicom Thammasin, Saurabh Verma from seventh seed Wang Ju Wei of Chinese Taipei and P Kashyap from Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand. The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.

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However, due to the 29 cases of coronavirus found in India, this tournament is also under threat. Due to this, the government has suspended visas or e-visas given to citizens of Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan on or before March 3. The government has also made it mandatory for people coming to India from the Republic of Korea, Iran, and Italy to remain in isolation for 14 days.

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A medical check-up at the time of entry to passengers arriving directly or indirectly from China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Italy, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan according to the government-issued consultation Have to pass. Players of these countries are also included in the draw of India Open. Among them are China's top players Bingjiao, Xi Yuki and Lin Dan who have been approved to participate in the BWF World Tour tournament in Europe.