Published: August 5, 2026 at 8:27 pm
Tanvi Sharma eased into the second round of the Korea Masters 2026 badminton tournament in Asan on Wednesday even as former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth crashed out.
Seeded third at the BWF Super 300 badminton tournament, Kidambi Srikanth went down 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko in a 50-minute men’s singles contest.
It marked the second consecutive first-round exit for the Indian badminton player, who had also finished runner-up at the US Open in June.
Rounak Chouhan, Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Saneeth Dayanand and Tharun Mannepalli also bowed out, bringing India’s men’s singles campaign to an early end.
Kidambi Srikanth went down 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko in a 50-minute men’s singles contest. Pics: BAI
In the women’s singles, there were better results for the Indians as seven of the nine entrants advanced to the second round.
Tanvi eases past Yuan An Qi
Fresh from winning the Taipei Open title last week, Tanvi made a confident start to her campaign, beating the People’s Republic of China’s Yuan An Qi 21-16, 21-15.
Fifth seed Isharani Baruah defeated the Republic of Korea’s Lee Yo Yul 21-18, 15-21, 21-7, while eighth seed Anmol Kharb rallied to beat Hong Kong China’s Lo Sin Yan Happy 16-21, 21-17, 21-12.
Ashmita Chaliha edged past Japan’s Ririna Hiramoto 22-20, 21-18, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj overcame South Korea’s A Yeon Yoo 22-24, 21-12, 21-13 and Mansi Singh defeated another South Korean, Kim Joo Eun 21-14, 19-21, 9-21.
Shriyanshi Valishetty also progressed after beating Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po 21-15, 21-14 while Tanya Hemanth and Aakarshi Kashyap crashed out.
In the women’s doubles, Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker fought back to beat the Republic of Korea’s Bang Ji Sun and Hyun Ji Jang 13-21, 21-15, 21-12 to reach the second round.
The mixed doubles sixth seeds Ishaan Bhatnagar and Shruti Mishra recovered from a game down to beat fellow Indians Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma 20-22, 21-10, 21-15.
Dhruv Rawat and Maneesha K bowed out in the mixed doubles while Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu were eliminated in the men’s doubles.
