Overview

• The World Championships run August 25–31 at Paris’s Adidas Arena, featuring five titles contested by players from 53 countries.
• European champion Alex Lanier defeated Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen to reach the second round, and Christo Popov advanced with a straight-games win.
• In men’s doubles, Éloi Adam and Léo Rossi moved into round two, while Christo and Toma Junior Popov open against Australia and Toma Junior faces Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in singles on Tuesday.
• France fields 14 players and enters with momentum from eight medals at the 2025 European Championships, with mixed pair Delphine Delrue and Thom Gicquel among the medal hopes.
• Top seed Viktor Axelsen withdrew with a back injury, leaving contenders such as China’s Shi Yu Qi, Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in the men’s draw, as ticket demand nears 52,000 of 60,000.