DESCRIPTION:
* India will field a full-strength men team but the women team will miss the services of Olympic hopefuls PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal.
* Odisha ace Rutapatna Panda will represent India women doubles event of this championships.
* The championships would take place at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.
* This tournament will serve as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup. Competitors can also accumulate points as part of qualification process for 2020 Summer Olympics badminton tournament in Tokyo.
INDIAN SQUAD:
Men: B Sai Praneeth, K Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Subhankar Dey, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun.
Women: Ashmita Chaliha, Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand, Ashwini Bhat, Shikha Gautam, Rutaparna Panda and K Maneesha.