French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be expected to continue their rich vein of form, while the seasoned PV Sindhu will hope to ace a trial-by-fire to end India’s 23-year-old title drought at the All England Championships, starting here on Tuesday.

Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) are the only Indians to have claimed the title with Saina Nehwal (2015) and Lakshya Sen (2022) coming close when they finished runners-up.

Satwik and Chirag have already won a Super 1000 title in Indonesia last year and given their stellar run this season, expectations would be high when the duo take the court this week, following their exploits in Paris on Sunday.

Satwik and Chirag, the Asian Games champions, have reached three finals — Malaysia Super 1000, and India Super 750 before winning at Paris. In the opening round they will face Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, the three-time world champions.

Sindhu has world No.1 and top seed Korean An Se Young lined up in the second round if she can get past Germany’s Yvonne Li, against whom she has a 2-0 record. With the legendary Padukone by her side, Sindhu matched Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei before marginally falling short in the quarter finals in Paris.

The 68-year-old Padukone will also be a constant source of inspiration for Lakshya Sen, who will be up against Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong.