We are here, and the 42nd edition of the Japan Open Badminton 2025 is going to start on 15th July. The final day of the Japan Open Badminton 2025 is on 20th July. All the matches of the Japan Open Badminton 2025 will happen on different courts of the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. There will be Indian players participating in the tournament, and what will be PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen’s Rankings after their performance at the Japan Open Badminton 2025?
Both PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will play in the women’s singles and men’s singles, respectively. When we look at their rankings, PV Sindhu is currently the world number 16 in women’s rankings. At the same time, Lakshya Sen is world number 18 in the men’s rankings.
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Lakshya Sen
When we look at his 2025 performance, Lakshya Sen had a good run at the All England Open but was knocked out in the quarter-finals by China’s Li Shifeng. Lakshya Sen also played in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in 2025. His team was cleaned swept by Japan 3-0 in the quarter finals.
When we look at his previous performances, Lakshya Sen has won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games 2022, Canada Open 2023 (Super 500), Syed Modi International 2024 (Super 300), and many more. The best he could reach was 6th in the world rankings, which happened in 2022.
As we know, he will represent India at the Japan Open Badminton 2025 and would love to win the gold medal, but his opponents moving into the competition will get tougher and tougher. Lakshya Sen plays his first match of the Japan Open Badminton 2025 against China’s Wang Zhiyi on 16th July. It will be a Round of 32 match. Wang Zhiyi is currently the world number two in the BWF rankings.
PV Sindhu
It is surely fair to say that this year, 2025, is not the year for PV Sindhu. She has come close a lot of times, but could not win any competition this year. The maximum close she has come was to the quarter-finals of the India Open.
Apart from that, she was knocked out in the first round of the Indonesia Masters, the All England Open, and the Swiss Open. She also got eliminated thrice in the second round at competitions such as the Badminton Asia Championships, the Singapore Open, and the Indonesia Open in 2025.
The Japan Open Badminton 2025 is next, and let us see how the former world number two plays. PV Sindhu still has the spark in her game and can defeat anyone at their best. She plays her first match at the Japan Open Badminton 2025 against South Korea’s Sim Yu-jin. At this moment, Sim Yu-jin is world number 14, whereas PV Sindhu is world number 16 in the rankings. It will be a great game to watch as the competition is even.
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