Korea Masters: Tanvi Sharma leads strong Indian women’s singles showing, Srikanth out

By Rohan Gupta — 6 August 2026 — 3 min read

Mixed Fortunes for Indian Shuttlers

Indian badminton players experienced a day of mixed results at the Korea Masters Badminton tournament in Asan. While seven Indian women’s singles players successfully advanced to the second round, all six Indian men’s singles participants were eliminated in their opening matches. The tournament saw both promising victories and early exits for the Indian contingent across various categories.

In the women’s singles event, Anmol Kharb, Mansi Singh, Rakshitha Ramraj, Ashmita Chaliha, Isharani Baruah, Tanvi Sharma, and Shriyanshi Valishetty each secured their spots in the second round with notable performances. Their advancement highlights a strong showing for India in this category.

Anmol Kharb achieved a victory over Lo Sin Yan of Hong Kong China with scores of 16-21, 21-17, 21-12. Mansi Singh made a comeback to defeat Korea’s Kim Joo Eun 14-21, 21-19, 21-9. Rakshitha Ramraj overcame Korea’s A Yeon Yoo in a match that ended 22-24, 21-12, 21-13. Ashmita Chaliha also progressed by defeating Japan’s Ririna Hiramoto 22-20, 21-18.

Further successes in women’s singles included Isharani Baruah beating Korea’s Lee So Hee 18-21, 21-15, 21-7, and Tanvi Sharma securing a win against China’s An Qi Yuan with scores of 21-16, 21-15. Shriyanshi Valishetty also moved forward after defeating Yu Po Pai of Chinese Taipei 21-15, 21-14. However, Aakarshi Kashyap exited the tournament after a loss to Korea’s Min Ji Kim in the round of 32.

Men’s Singles and Doubles Outcomes

The men’s singles category saw all Indian players eliminated in the first round. This included former world number one Kidambi Srikanth, along with Mithun Manjunath, Kiran George, Rounak Chouhan, Saneeth Dayanand, and Tharun Mannepalli. Their early exits marked a challenging start for the Indian men’s singles contingent.

In the men’s doubles, the unseeded Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy delivered an upset. They defeated the sixth-seeded Thai duo of Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and Worrapol Thongsa-Nga in straight games, 21-16, 21-18, to advance to the second round. This match took 42 minutes to complete. They are scheduled to face the Korean pair of Y Kim and T Shin in the Pre-Quarterfinals.

Another Indian men’s doubles team, Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Arjun Reddy Pochana, were eliminated in the opening round. They lost to the second-seeded pair of Sol Gyu Choi of Korea and V Shem Goh of Malaysia with scores of 3-21, 10-21.

Other Categories See Mixed Results

In the women’s doubles, Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker advanced to the second round after a victory against Korea’s Ji Sun Bang and Hyun Ji Jang. However, the Indian pair of Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Minshra were defeated by the second-seeded Japanese duo of Ririna Hiramoto and Kokona Ishikawa with scores of 15-21, 13-21, ending their run in the opening round.

The mixed doubles event saw the sixth-seeded Indian pair of Shruti Mishra and Ishaan Bhatnagar progress to the next round. They secured a win against fellow Indian players Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma.

In the men’s singles qualifiers, Tushar Suveer initially won his match against Shaurya Gullaiya of Canada with scores of 21-15, 21-12. However, he subsequently lost in the next round to Japan’s Shogo Ogawa 10-21, 17-21.

Source: m.rediff.com