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:
Live Updates
- 28 Aug 2025 9:59 AM GMT
The errors creeping in from Tanisha as the Hong Kong duo gains a good lead
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 5-9 Tang-Tse (HKG)
Tanisha Crasto looked a bit uncomfortable on service return, pushing a lot of them onto the net, conceding a big deficit.
- 28 Aug 2025 9:56 AM GMT
Dhruv pushes Tang and Tse towards the back line and makes full use of it with drop shots
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 5-4 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 9:55 AM GMT
The Hong Kong duo is showing great skills on the net, keeping it low for the Indians
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 1-4 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 9:53 AM GMT
The Hong Kong pair takes the first point as Tanisha finds the net on return
Game-1: Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) 0-1 Tang-Tse (HKG)
- 28 Aug 2025 9:20 AM GMT
First Up: XD - Dhruv-Tanisha (IND) Vs Tang-Tse (HKG) at 3:00 PM IST
This is the second meeting between the two pairs.
Dhruv and Tanisha have a chance of making history by becoming just third Indian mixed doubles pair to reach the World Championships quarterfinal.
But in the round of 16, they are up against a tough world No. 5 Hong Kong pair, who lead the head-to-head record against the Indians, winning their last meeting at the 2025 Asian Championships.
- 28 Aug 2025 8:45 AM GMT
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of pre-quarterfinal stage at BWF World C'ships
India has three representatives in the pre-quarterfinal stage, where PV Sindhu is India’s sole representative in the singles category, while India fields one pair each in men’s and mixed doubles.
