Overview
- Top seed Tanvi Sharma beat Indonesia’s Oei Winarto 15-12, 15-7 to reach the last 16 at the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati.
- Eighth seed Unnati Hooda defeated Alice Wang of the USA 15-8, 15-5, and 10th seed Rakshitha Sree Ramraj rallied past Singapore’s Aaliyah Zakaria 11-15, 15-5, 15-8.
- Gnana Dattu TT overcame compatriot and 15th seed Suryaksh Rawat 11-15, 15-6, 15-11 to become India’s lone remaining contender in boys’ singles, as Rounak Chouhan lost to China’s Li Zhi Hang and Lalthazuala Hmar fell to UAE’s 14th seed Riyan Malhan.
- Mixed doubles 14th seeds Bhavya Chhabra and Vishakha Toppo advanced 15-13, 15-11, with other Indian pairs progressing earlier and some exiting in later rounds.
- India’s unseeded players opened the individual event with an all-win day, after which seeded entries benefited from first-round byes earned through the mixed-team bronze.