New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Former champion Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the BWF India Open after going down to Frenchman Christo Popov in the round of 16 here on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Former champion Kidambi Srikanth and the experienced H.S. Prannoy turned the tables on their younger opponents to advance to the men’s singles second round while 16-year-old Tanvi Sharma displayed her potential with a gutsy performance against second seed Wang Zhi Yi of China in the women’s singles first round at the India Open 2026 in New Delhi on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) India’s ace shuttler and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu endured a shock early exit at the India Open 2026, suffering a three-game defeat to Vietnam’s T.L. Nguyen in the Round of 32 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Four-time world championship medallist shuttler Anders Antonsen of Denmark revealed that his withdrawal from the BWF India Open for the third year in a row is due to Delhi’s "extreme pollution".
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has rejected allegations of dirt and poor conditions at the venue of the 2026 India Open badminton tournament in New Delhi made by Danish World No. 20 Mia Blichfeldt, claiming her comments were about general playing conditions and not related to the Indira Gandhi Multi-purpose Indoor Stadium, the playing arena for tthe BWF World Tour Super 750 event.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former champion Lakshya Sen and top women's doubles duo, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, made a commanding start to their India Open 2026 campaign while men’s fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, seventh seed Kodai Naroaka of Japan and French sixth seed Alex Lanier were knocked out on the opening day of the BWF World Tour Super 750 event, organised by the Badminton Association of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) World junior championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma, women’s doubles national champions Ashwini Bhat K., Shikha Gautam, and Tharun Mannepalli were promoted to the main draw of the BWF India Open 2026 after the withdrawal of some of the top players on the eve of the tournament.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Former World Champion PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles combination of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy insist that the feeling of doing well at home is something special, and the India Open 2026 carries an extra significance this time, considering that the BWF World Badminton Championships will be held at the same venue in August.
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 10 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu acknowledged that she let the game slip away after missing an opportunity to take the lead against her Chinese opponent, Wang Zhiyi, in the women’s singles semifinal of the Malaysia Open. Her impressive run at the tournament came to an end on Saturday after a straight-games defeat to the World No. 2 at the Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil.
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 10 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu’s campaign in the season-opening Malaysia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 came to an end on Saturday after she suffered a defeat to China’s Wang Zhiyi in straight sets in the women’s singles semifinals.
