Lakshya Sen lost to Lin Chun-Yi in the India Open 2026 quarterfinals after a close three-game battle. Sen won the opening game but Lin fought back to seal victory 17-21, 21-13, 21-18 in Delhi
Unnati Hooda and Kiran George clinched the women’s and men’s singles titles at the Odisha Masters Super 100 in Cuttack. Hooda beat Isharani Baruah in straight games, while George overcame Indonesia’s Muhamad Yusuf in a three-game thriller
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Mithun Manjunath to reach the Syed Modi International final, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced to the women’s doubles final. India’s singles hopes ended with Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma losing in the semifinals at Lucknow
Lakshya Sen won the Sathio Australian Open 2025 Men’s Singles title, defeating Japan’s Yushi Tanaka 21-15, 21-11. It’s his first BWF World Tour trophy of the year and first Super 500 win since the 2023 Canada Open.
Kidambi Srikanth defeated top seed and World No. 6 Chou Tien-Chen in straight games to reach the Canada Open semifinals. The former World No. 1 showed superb form after injury, not dropping a game since the first round.
