China Masters 2026: Schedule, Indian players, prize money, live streaming and all you need to know

China Masters 2026 begins on September 1. Check India’s full squad, Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag’s draws, schedule, prize money and live streaming details.

Updated : Aug 31, 2026 11:59 IST - 3 MINS READ

Indian shuttlers will hope to use China Masters as a warm-up event ahead of Asian Games. | Photo Credit: PTI and Ritu Raj Konwar

The badminton action moves from New Delhi to Shenzhen as the China Masters 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament, gets underway on September 1. The six-day event will bring together several of the world’s leading shuttlers, with a total prize purse of USD 1.25 million on offer. The tournament will be played from September 1 to 6 at the Shenzhen Sports Center Gymnasium in Shenzhen, China.

For India, the China Masters assumes added importance coming immediately after the 2026 BWF World Championships and serving as the only major BWF World Tour event before the Asian Games.

India will be represented across men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles, although there will be no Indian entry in women’s doubles.

When is China Masters 2026?

The China Masters will be held from September 1 to September 6, 2026.

September 1-2: First round

September 3: Round of 16

September 4: Quarterfinals

September 5: Semifinals

September 6: Finals

The tournament will be played in Shenzhen, China, with the Shenzhen Sports Center Gymnasium serving as the venue.

Which Indians are playing at China Masters 2026?

India’s contingent features 10 players across four categories.

Men’s singles

Lakshya Sen

Kidambi Srikanth

Women’s singles

Unnati Hooda

Devika Sihag

Tanvi Sharma

Men’s doubles

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

M R Arjun/Hariharan Amsakarunan

Mixed doubles

Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto

Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde

India will not have a women’s doubles pair in Shenzhen.

Lakshya Sen leads India’s men’s singles challenge

Lakshya will be India’s headline name in men’s singles, but he arrives in Shenzhen looking to bounce back from a disappointing World Championships campaign.

The Indian, who became the first Indian male shuttler to reach an Olympic singles semifinal at Paris 2024, lost to USA’s Garret Tan in the second round of the World Championships in New Delhi.

He faces a difficult opening-round assignment in Shenzhen against France’s newly crowned world champion Alex Lanier.

Kidambi Srikanth will also feature. The former world No. 1 faces Chinese Taipei’s Chi Yu-jen in the opening round.

Satwik-Chirag among India’s biggest medal hopes

The biggest Indian medal hopes in Shenzhen could once again rest on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

The fourth-seeded pair will open against China’s Hu Ke Yuan and Lin Xiang Yi.

M.R. Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan will face Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan.

Two Indian mixed doubles pairs

India will have two combinations in the mixed doubles draw.

Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto will face Thailand’s Tonkid and Tonrug Saeheng.

Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will begin against Chinese Taipei’s Wu Guan Xun and Lee Chia Hsin.

Young Indian trio in women’s singles

Unnati faces a particularly difficult first-round test against fifth seed Han Yue of China.

Tanvi will begin against Denmark’s Amalie Schulz.

Devika faces Bulgaria’s Kaloyana Nalbantova.

Where can I watch the Indians in action?

Fans in India can watch the event live on the official BWF YouTube channel.

Published on Aug 31, 2026

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