India's star men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who hold a special place in Indian badminton history, have set their sights on reaching the final at the BWF World Championships 2025.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will lock horns with Bulgaria's Kaloyana Nalbantova, whereas Lakshya Sen will play Shi Yuqi of China in their respective round one matches of the BWF World Championships 2025, which will take place later this month.
India's campaign at the Macau Open 2025 came to an end on Saturday after Lakshya Sen and Tharun Mannepalli suffered defeats in their respective semi-final matches at the Macao East Asian Games Dome, as per Olympics.com.
Tharun's continued his dream run during the BWF Super 300 tournament, beating Hu Zhe'an of China, the current junior world champion in his quarterfinal match at the Macao East Asian Games Dome
Lakshya was battling the world number 48, Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia, and won the match lasting an hour and seven minutes by 21-14, 14-21, 21-17, as per Olympics.com.
Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra, registered strong wins to progress at the Macau Open 2025, a BWF Super 300 tournament, at the Macao East Asian Games Dome on Tuesday.
After failing produce much resistance in the first game, Satwik-Chirag, 12th in the men's doubles badminton rankings, put on a fight in the second but couldn't prevent a 21-13, 21-17 defeat in 42 minutes.
Unnati Hooda delivered a commanding performance to outplay experienced Scottish shuttler Kirsty Gilmour 21-11, 21-16 in just 36 minutes at the China Open 2025, as per Badminton Association of India (BAI).
India's top-ranked shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised into the Round of 16 with consummate ease, while PV Sindhu brushed off an early scare to book her berth in the next round at the ongoing China Open 2025 on Wednesday.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty crashed out of the ongoing Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament after losing their pre-quarterfinal encounters on Thursday.