Badminton
BWF World C’ships 2025: PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag advance - HIGHLIGHTS
R32 action brought good results for Indian in the women's singles and men's doubles.

PV Sindhu (left) and Satwik-Chirag in action at the round of 16 of the 2025 BWF World Championships 2025. (Photo credit: AFP)
After posting victories in their respectively round-one fixtures, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy stepped out for their R32 games on Wednesday at the BWF World Championships 2025 at Paris.
Sindhu was up against Malaysia's Karupathevan Letshanaa (WR40) and despite an early wobble, she recovered well to wrap up the fixture in straight games.
Additionally, there was doubles action for India as well on Wednesday.
The mixed doubles pair of Dhruv-Tanisha progressed in their R32 outing after easing past Ireland's Joshua Magee and Moya Ryan (WR80).
Elsewhere, the star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwik-Chirag (seeded 9th) overcome a late hiccup in the first game before steamrolling the Chinese Taipei pair of Liu-Yang (WR23).
Meanwhile, it was curtains for Rohan-Ruthvika who went down in straight games to 4th seeded Malaysian pair of Chen-Ton in the mixed doubles event.
Catch all the highlights as it happened...
Live Updates
- 27 Aug 2025 3:18 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag 1 - 0 Liu-Yang
Game #2: The Indians have come out all guns blazing and now lead 8-4.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:17 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag 1 - 0 Liu-Yang
Game #2: A booming smash again from Chirag and India now up 7-3.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:17 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag 1 - 0 Liu-Yang
Game #2: Satwik finishes off a series of 2 straight smashes to lead 6-3.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:12 PM GMT
Game #1 | Satwik-Chirag win 22-20
After being under the pump on the back of losing 4 straight game points, the Indians play two good points to close out the game.
They are visibly relieved.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:10 PM GMT
Game #1 | Satwik-Chirag lead 20-20
A back of the hip retrieval from Taipei hoodwinks the Indian pair.
They've saved 4 game points in a row and have the momentum.
The Indians under pressure now.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:08 PM GMT
Game #1 | Satwik-Chirag lead 20-19
3 straight game points saved by the Taipei pair.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:07 PM GMT
Game #1 | Satwik-Chirag lead 20-18
Chirag, at the net, pushes the shuttle long with the back of the court vacant.
Two game points saved now.
- 27 Aug 2025 3:06 PM GMT
Game #1 | Satwik-Chirag lead 20-17
The Taipei pair manages to save one game point.

