With seven medals already confirmed, Tamanna (50kg), Preeti Dahiya (57kg), Devika Ghorpade (52kg), Muskan (75kg) and Kirti (+81kg) will look to extend India's medals tally as they fight in the women's quarter-finals on eighth day of the competition. Rhythm (+92) and Jadumani Singh Mandengbam
Vishwanath (48kg) was up against Attrativo Salvatore of Italy in the pre-quarterfinal bout. Chennai boy Vishwanath produced a clinical performance and showed his smart footwork and speed to convincingly win the bout 5-0. Vanshaj (63.5kg), who hails from Sonipat, faced Spain's Kakulov Enrique
Ravina was facing Hungary's Varga Franciska Rozi in the round-of-16 bout. The Indian pugilist dictated the terms right from the start and landed punches throughout the first round.
Rhythm started off the match aggressively against Latvia's Miks Berzins. His relentless attack from the word go left no room for the opponent to recover as the referees intervened just after a few minutes in the first round before announcing Indian the winner of the round-of-16 match with Re
After defeating Snizhana Onufriieva of Ukraine by technical superiority in her first bout, Ankush Panghal, who became the U20 Asian champion earlier this year in the 57kg, defeated Germany's Ersel Lisa in a similar fashion in the quarter-finals.
Vishnu Vardhan turned the heat on Siddharth Vishwakarma. In a match which went down to the wire, 35-year-old Vishnu used a bagful of tricks, sliced and diced his way to the semi-finals. Vaishnavi Adkar tore the form book to shreds as she ousted third seed Yubrani Banerjee 6-4, 6-0 in women's
The Indian pair, which came into the BWF Super 100 badminton event winning the India Chhattisgarh International Challenge 2022 last week, took 39 minutes to defeat their higher-ranked opponents 21-19, 21-17 in the quarter-finals at the Nguyen Du Cultural Sports Club in Ho Chi Minh City.
Bajrang Punia had picked up the injury during his pre-quarter-final bout at the world championships. However, he produced a spirited fightback to go on to win his fourth world championships medal, a bronze, with a bandage on his head.