In Paris on the previous occasion in 2016, India had ended at the 9th place. India’s final match in the placing phase was against Japan and it lost 1-2 with only Aparajitha Balamurukan winning her match against Ayumi Watanabe 11-6, 11-3, 11-5. Sunayna Kuruvilla lost to Japan’s number one Satomi Watanabe 5-11, 9-11, 9-11 while Tanvi Khanna despite making a brave attempt could only stretch her match against Risa Sugimoto to five games. The Japanese won 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 12-10, 13-11 to help Japan finish at 11th place.