Two-time bronze medallist P V Sindhu will open her campaign against either Korea's Kim Hyo Min or Egypt's Hadia Hosny in the second round and is likely to meet China's Sun Yu for a place at the quarterfinals.
The 2015 World Championship silver medallist Saina will take on the winner of the match between Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet and Ukraine's Natalya Voytsekh and is expected to clash with Korean second seed Sung Ji Hyun for a place in the pre- quarterfinals.
Among other Indians in men's singles, 15th seed B Sai Praneeth, who won his maiden Super Series title beating Srikanth at Singapore, will face Hong Kong's Wei Nan, while Ajay Jayaram will take on Austrian Luka Wraber in the opening round.
Sameer Verma, playing his maiden World Championship after being given a direct entry in the main draw, will square off against Spain's Pablo Abian.
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In women's singles, national champion Rituparna Das will meet Finnish shuttler Airi Mikkela in the opening round, while Tanvi Lad will fight it out against England's Chloe Birch.
In mixed doubles, 15th seed Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy got a bye and will face either Chinese Taipei's Lu Ching Yao and Chiang Kai Hsin or Yogendran Khrishnan and Prajakta Sawant.
In women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki are pitted against Indonesia's Ririn Amelia and Malaysia's Anna Ching Yik Cheong in the opening round.
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