Overview
- Competing at the Adidas Arena, Sindhu beat second seed Wang Zhi Yi in straight games in 48 minutes to make her first Worlds quarterfinal since 2019.
- Sindhu’s next opponent is ninth seed Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia, after a run that has reversed a patchy season.
- Earlier rounds saw Sindhu defeat Bulgaria’s Kaloyana Nalbantova 23-21, 21-6 and Malaysia’s Letshanaa Karupathevan 21-19, 21-15.
- India’s men’s singles challenge faltered with Lakshya Sen losing to world No. 1 Shi Yu Qi and H. S. Prannoy falling to Anders Antonsen in three games.
- In doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the pre-quarters, while Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto reached the mixed doubles quarterfinal by upsetting the fifth seeds.