Women’s Doubles — Key Results

Winners: Liu Sheng Shu / Tan Ning (China) — def. Fukushima Yuki / Matsumoto Mayu (Japan)
Final Score: 21–11, 21–18

Runners-up: Fukushima Yuki / Matsumoto Mayu (Japan)

Road to the Final

Semifinals

• Liu S.S. / Tan N. (China) def. Baek Ha Na / Lee So Hee (South Korea) — 21–12, 17–21, 21–14

• Fukushima Y. / Matsumoto M. (Japan) def. Tan Pearly / Muralitharan Thinaah (Malaysia) — 21–16, 21–13

Early & Notable Exits

Second-Round Exits

• Igarashi A./Shida Chiharu (Japan) — lost to Liu S.S. / Tan N. (China) — 21–9, 10–21, 21–19

• Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (India) — lost to Li Yi Jing / Luo Xu Min (China) — 20–22, 24–22, 23–21

First-Round Results

• Igarashi A. / Shida C. (Japan) def. Cybulska Paulina / Marczak Kornelia (Poland)

• Jolly T. / Pullela G.G. (India) def. Jongsathapornparn O. / Suwachai S. (Thailand) — 21–15, 21–11

Indian players had a competitive but largely challenging tournament, with flashes of promise across singles events, while the doubles disciplines proved tougher with several early exits.

In Women’s Singles, the spotlight was on the younger and mid-ranked players showing fight against elite opposition. P.V. Sindhu bowed out after a three-game battle against Nguyen Thuy Linh of Vietnam, losing 20–22, 21–12, 15–21, despite forcing a decider. Tanvi Sharma (17) emerged as one of India’s positives, pushing World No. 2 Wang Zhi Yi to three games before losing 22–20, 18–21, 13–21, displaying maturity beyond her age. Bansod M. progressed past the first round with a straight-games win over Pai Yu P. of Taiwan (21–18, 21–19), but her run ended in the second round against China’s Han Y. (BWF No. 5), where she lost 18–21, 15–21. Overall, Indian women showed competitiveness, especially against top-five opponents, but lacked consistency in decisive moments.

In Men’s Singles, Indian shuttlers managed first-round wins but were unable to sustain momentum. Srikanth K. defeated Mannepalli T. in three games (21–15, 6–21, 21–19) before losing a close second-round match to Popov C. (14–21, 21–17, 17–21). Prannoy H.S. began with a solid win over Lee C.Y. of Hong Kong (22–20, 21–18) but exited in the next round after a hard-fought three-game loss to Loh K.Y. of Singapore (21–18, 19–21, 14–21). The men showed resilience but fell short against in-form international opponents.

India’s Women’s Doubles campaign ended early, with all pairs exiting in the first round. Rawat G./Rawat M. lost to the Korean pair Baek H.N./Lee S.H. (5–21, 8–21). Panda R./Panda S. were beaten by Japan’s Hara N./Kiyose R. (8–21, 18–21), while Bhat K.A./Gautam S. went down against France’s Lambert M./Pognante C. (18–21, 16–21). The results highlighted the gap in experience and execution at this level.

India was represented by Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty, who had a brief but competitive campaign in the Men’s Doubles event.

The Indian pair advanced to the second round after receiving a walkover in the first round. In the next round, they faced the Japanese duo Midorikawa Hiroki / Yamashita Kyohei and were involved in a highly competitive three-game encounter. Despite pushing the match deep, Rankireddy / Shetty went down 25–27, 23–21, 21–19, narrowly missing out on a quarterfinal appearance.

Overall, the Indian combination showed strong resistance and fighting spirit, taking the contest to the wire against a finalist pair, but ultimately fell short in the crucial points.

In Mixed Doubles, Indian pairs also struggled to get going. Rawat D./Maneesha K. lost in straight games to Japan’s Midorikawa H./Matsuyama N. (9–21, 10–21). Kapoor R./Gadde R.S. were defeated by Germany’s Seidel M./Nguyen T.P. (19–21, 14–21), while Surya A./Pramuthesh A. exited against Shimogami Y./Hobara S. of Japan (15–21, 7–21).

Overall, India’s best takeaways came from the Women’s Singles performances, particularly from Tanvi Sharma and Bansod M., who showed the ability to challenge higher-ranked players. However, the tournament underlined the need for improved depth and consistency in doubles events and stronger finishing ability in close matches.