Overview
- Preeti Pawar (54kg) defeated Olympic medallist and three-time world champion Huang Hsiao‑Wen 4-0 to reach the final in Greater Noida.
- Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) returned from major wrist surgery to stop Germany’s Leonie Müller via third‑round RSC.
- Parveen Hooda (60kg) edged Poland’s Aneta Rygielska 3-2 in her first international outing after a 14‑month whereabouts ban.
- Minakshi Hooda (48kg), Nupur Sheoran (+80kg), Ankush Phangal (80kg), Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) and Narender Berwal (+90kg) also advanced, while Saweety Boora (75kg) and Naveen Kumar (90kg) took bronze.
- Reports differed on whether seven or eight Indians reached the finals, with title bouts set to follow at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.