PV Sindhu seeded ninth for BWF World Championships in Hyderabad

PV Sindhu has been seeded ninth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty fifth for the BWF World Championships in Hyderabad. India has two entries in all five categories, with four seeded contenders across singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Hyderabad: Japan Open champion PV Sindhu will be seeded ninth and the 2022 Asian Games gold medal-winning combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been handed the fifth seeding for the upcoming BWF World Championships to be played at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here from August 17 to 23, 2026.

India has two entries each in all five categories of the championships, with at least one seeded entry in four of the five categories.

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Apart from Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag, former World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen is seeded 14th in men’s singles, while the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto are seeded 15th.

While the players qualified for the prestigious championships based on their world rankings as of April 28, 2026, the seedings were decided on the basis of the world rankings as of July 28, 2026.

Men’s singles world champion Shi Yuqi of China and South Korea’s women’s singles star An Se Young are the top seeds in their respective categories.

Women’s singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan is seeded second, while the third and fourth spots have gone to Wang Zhi Yi and Chen Yufei of China.

The draw for the championships will take place here on Wednesday, and the final seedings could change if any of the seeded players withdraw before then.

South Korea’s Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae are the top seeds in men’s doubles, while China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning are the top seeds in women’s doubles. Their compatriots Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping are the top seeds in mixed doubles.