Badminton
BWF World C'ships 2025: Dhruv-Tanisha, PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag advance to quarters- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the prequarterfinal stage of the 2025 BWF Badminton World Championships.
PV Sindhu (left) and Satwik-Chirag in action at the round of 16 of the 2025 BWF World Championships 2025. (Photo credit: AFP)
BWF World Championships 2025: India has only three matches in the pre-quarterfinal stage of the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris, France, on Thursday.
PV Sindhu is India’s sole representative in the singles category, while India fields one pair each in men’s and mixed doubles.
The Indian contingent faces challenging matches across all three categories, with Sindhu pitted against China’s second-seeded Wang Zhi Yi, and the men’s doubles pair Satwik-Chirag facing China’s sixth-seeded Liang-Wang.
In the mixed doubles, the pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto will be taking on the fifth-seeded Hong Kong pair of Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet.
Highlights:
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- 28 Aug 2025 10:29 AM GMT
A couple of good net shots for Tse, reduces the deficit and takes them into the double digits
Game-2: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 16-10 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:26 AM GMT
Tang's high return goes behind the back line, maintaining the lead for Dhruv and Kapila
Game-2: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 13-6 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:23 AM GMT
A complete dominance in the second game takes Indian pair to a massive 8-point lead
Game-2: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 11-3 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:21 AM GMT
A good start to the second game for Indian pair, improving their accuracy on returns
Game-2: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 6-3 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:16 AM GMT
The Indian duo lost the opening game after two consecutive points in the final moments
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 19-21 Tang-Tse (HKG)
At 19-19, Dhruv had a brilliant chance to kill, but then he went cross-court and found the net, giving the game point to the Hong Kong duo who won it at the first time of asking.
- 28 Aug 2025 10:10 AM GMT
Two more unforced errors from the Hong Kong duo give India a light lead
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 15-15 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:07 AM GMT
The error-prone game from both sides keeps the deficit in touch
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 15-15 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:04 AM GMT
India wins a big rally as after a couple of flat exchanges, Tang's return lands behind the back line
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 13-11 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 10:02 AM GMT
India heads into the first mid-game break with a narrowest lead of 1 point
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 11-10 Tang-Tse (HKG)
Both pairs looked a bit error-prone in this topsy-turvy first half of the opening game and could not hold on to their leads.
- 28 Aug 2025 10:00 AM GMT
Dhruv finds his touch and lands a few of his half smashes on the empty court to take back the lead
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 10-9 Tang-Tse (HKG)
