India's Singles Woes as Sindhu and Lakshya Falter

India’s singles badminton players did not win a medal at the 2026 World Championships.

PV Sindhu won her first match but lost in the pre-quarterfinals to Wang Zhi Yi.

Lakshya Sen also won once before losing in the Round of 32.

Ayush Shetty created a big surprise by beating world No.

1 Shi Yuqi.

He later lost to Alwi Farhan in the Round of 16.

Unati Hooda was defeated in the first round.

This meant India’s singles challenge ended without a medal.

India’s doubles players then became the country’s main hope.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand had already reached the semi-finals and guaranteed a medal.