Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Sen, Treesa-Gayatri and Hooda Advance at World Championships
The 2026 World Badminton Championships are being played in New Delhi.
Lakshya Sen lost the first game but came back strongly to win his match.
He will next play Garret Tan from the United States.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won their women’s doubles match in two games.
They will continue into the pre-quarterfinals.
Unnati Hooda also won and will next play Michelle Li of Canada.
Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh came very close to winning but were eliminated.
Other notable winners included Nozomi Okuhara, Chen Yufei and Jonatan Christie, while Kenta Nishimoto defeated fifth seed Christo Popov.
Lakshya Sen rallied past Austria’s Collins Filimon 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 to reach the men’s singles second round.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated 16th seeds Lauren Lam and Allison Lee 21-15, 21-12 to enter the women’s doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Unnati Hooda beat Myanmar’s Thet Htar Thuzar 22-20, 21-16 and will next face 13th seed Michelle Li of Canada.
Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh lost to Turkey’s Emre Sonmez and Yasemen Bektas after reportedly missing nine match points.
Kenta Nishimoto upset fifth seed Christo Popov, while Nozomi Okuhara, Chen Yufei and Jonatan Christie also advanced.
- Who
- Indian players and pairs including Lakshya Sen, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand, Unnati Hooda, Ashith Surya, Amrutha Pramuthesh, Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi, along with international competitors.
- What
- Several Indian competitors advanced, while three Indian doubles pairs were eliminated.
- When
- Tuesday, the tournament’s second day, in 2026.
- Where
- The Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.
- Why
- Players were competing to advance through the BWF World Championships.
- Tournament
- BWF World Badminton Championships 2026
- Venue
- Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi
- Lakshya Sen
- Defeated Collins Filimon 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 in 45 minutes; next faces Garret Tan
- Treesa-Gayatri
- Defeated Lauren Lam and Allison Lee 21-15, 21-12; reports gave the match duration as 38 and 39 minutes
- Unnati Hooda
- Defeated Thet Htar Thuzar 22-20, 21-16; next faces 13th seed Michelle Li
- Mixed-doubles exit
- Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh lost to Emre Sonmez and Yasemen Bektas; the two reports list differing game scores
- Other Indian exits
- Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi, and the pairs of Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Ashith Surya-Amrutha Pramuthesh, were reported as eliminated
