Ayush Shetty and PV Sindhu moved into the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships 2026 with straight-game wins in New Delhi on Wednesday.Nonetheless, it was a blended day for India as Lakshya Sen and Unnati Hooda had been knocked out after shut battles.
Shetty, Sindhu march on
Ayush Shetty continued his spectacular run by beating Sri Lanka’s Dumindu Abeywickrama 21-8, 21-10 in simply 26 minutes.After surprising prime seed and defending champion Shi Yu Qi within the opening spherical, Shetty as soon as once more regarded in management from the beginning. He shortly constructed an 11-3 lead and comfortably took the primary sport.The Indian stored up the strain within the second sport, opening up a giant lead earlier than Abeywickrama tried to combat again. Shetty stayed composed to seal the match 21-10. He’ll subsequent play Indonesia’s Alwi Farhan within the Spherical of 16 on Thursday.PV Sindhu additionally superior after defeating Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang 21-16, 21-17. Zhang put Sindhu below strain at instances, however the skilled Indian stored her cool and completed each video games strongly.
Lakshya, Unnati bow out
Lakshya Sen’s marketing campaign led to a serious upset as USA’s world No. 92 Garret Tan defeated the 14th-seeded Indian 19-21, 21-19, 21-17 in an exciting contest.Unnati Hooda additionally exited after dropping a decent match to Canada’s thirteenth seed Michelle Li, happening 21-11, 9-21, 21-23.In different outcomes, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto reached the subsequent spherical in blended doubles with a 21-11, 21-11 win. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty superior by a walkover, whereas Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun misplaced to South Korea’s Kang Min Hyuk and Ki Dong Ju.General, Shetty and Sindhu stored India’s singles hopes alive, regardless of the exits of Lakshya and Unnati.
