Archive · 20 Sep 2026
India Crushes Kazakhstan, Reaches Asian Games Badminton Quarterfinals
India’s women’s badminton team beat Kazakhstan 3-0 at the Asian Games.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma each won a singles match.
None of the Indian players lost a game.
Because India won the first three matches, the two doubles matches were not needed.
India now moves on to the quarterfinals.
Its next opponent is Japan, the host country.
Japan has several very highly ranked players, so the next match will be harder.
Sindhu said India has a strong team and hopes it wins.
India defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 in the women’s badminton team event Round of 16.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma each won in straight games.
India advanced without losing a game, and the scheduled doubles matches were cancelled.
India will face hosts Japan in the quarterfinals on September 22.
Japan’s lineup includes three top-10 singles players: Akane Yamaguchi, Tomoka Miyazaki and Nozomi Okuhara.
- Who
- India’s women’s badminton team, including Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma.
- What
- India beat Kazakhstan 3-0 and reached the women’s team-event quarterfinals.
- When
- Sunday, September 20, 2026; India’s quarterfinal is scheduled for September 22.
- Where
- Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Japan.
- Why
- The victory gave India the three wins needed to advance to the quarterfinals.
- Result
- India defeated Kazakhstan 3-0.
- Round
- Women’s team-event Round of 16 at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Indian winners
- Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma won the singles matches.
- Match scores
- Sindhu won 21-7, 21-9; Hooda won 21-7, 21-10; Sharma won 21-5, 21-10.
- Next opponent
- India will play hosts Japan in the quarterfinals on September 22 at 6:00 a.m. IST.
- Japan’s rankings
- Akane Yamaguchi, Tomoka Miyazaki and Nozomi Okuhara are ranked No. 3, No. 7 and No. 10 respectively.
- India’s Asian Games record
- India’s women’s team has won bronze medals in 1982 and 2014, but no gold.
