In the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament, Indian shuttler PV Sindhu defeated her American opponent Disha Gupta, while Lakshya Sen kicked-off the men's singles winning over Finland's Kalle Koljonen. Sindhu defeated Disha 21-15, 21-10 in just 27 minutes to enter the second round, while Lakshya beat his Finnish opponent 21-8, 21-16 in less than 30 minutes. In another men's singles match, S Sankar Subramanian defeated his Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen 21-11, 21-16 in the first round. 

Meanwhile, B Sai Praneeth lost to 23-year-old world No. 7 Chinese player Li Shi Feng after a difficult match that went on for three games.