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2026 Badminton World Championships progress

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The 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi have seen mixed results for several top ~~contenders.~~ contenders as the tournament progresses into the quarterfinal stages. In the ~~women’s~~ men’s singles, Indonesia’s Alwi Farhan has advanced to the quarterfinals following a victory over India’s Ayush Shetty (21-19, 21-11). Farhan is scheduled to face Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen in the next round. This follows the earlier second-round exit of Lakshya Sen against American Garrett Tan. In the doubles categories, Indonesia’s campaign has faced setbacks in the quarterfinals. Second-seeded men’s doubles pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri were eliminated by Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan (19-21, 16-21). In women’s doubles, Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum also exited the tournament after losing to China’s Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min (13-21, 14-21). Other Indonesian representatives remaining in the competition include the women’s doubles pair Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari, and the mixed doubles duo Amri Syahnawi and Nita Violina Marwah. For India, ninth seed P.V. Sindhu was eliminated in the pre-quarterfinals by China’s Wang Zi Yi ~~in a three-game match~~ (11-21, 21-15, 17-21), ending her pursuit of a sixth World Championship medal and breaking her undefeated streak against Chinese opponents at the tournament. The men’s singles campaign for Ayush Shetty also concluded in the Round of 16 following a defeat to Indonesia’s Alwi Farhan (21-19, 21-11). This follows the earlier second-round exit of Lakshya Sen against American Garrett Tan. In the medal. However, Indian doubles ~~categories,~~ pairs have seen success: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have advanced to the men’s doubles ~~quarterfinals after defeating Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif~~ quarterfinals, and ~~Yap Roy King (21-23, 21-19, 21-17). The~~ the unseeded women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also secured a place in the ~~quarterfinals after their victory over Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi (21-16, 21-12),~~ quarterfinals, marking the first time an Indian women’s doubles pair has reached this stage since 2015. However, the mixed doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila were eliminated in the Round of 16 by China’s Chen Fang and Guo Xinwa (21-16, 21-11). Indonesia has secured five quarter-final spots. In men's doubles, second-seeded Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri advanced after defeating South Korea’s Kang Min-hyuk and Ki Dong-ju (21-15, 14-21, 21-12). In women's doubles, Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum advanced following the withdrawal of Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto, while Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari defeated Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan. Conversely, Putri Kusuma Wardani and the doubles pair Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani were eliminated in the Round of 16.

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