BWF World Champs Live: Sindhu begins hunt for 6th medal

India at BWF World Championships Live Day 1: PV Sindhu begins hunt for 6th medal after Jolly-Gopichand's dominating showKingshuk KusariNew Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 17, 2026 17:36 ISTIndia at BWF World Championships Live. (AP Photo) 28Big smashes from PV SindhuPV Sindhu begins her match with some big smashes against Sophia Nobel. Sindhu is one of the favourites…

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BWF World Champs Live: Sindhu begins hunt for 6th medal

Key points

  • MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan win 21-16, 6-4 after Scott/Paul retire out.
  • An se Young does not look comfortable at all, but still leads the opening set 11-9 against the 40th rank…
  • The duo have taken a lead of 11-4 as they go on the mid-set break!.
  • Spain's Lopez and Rodriguez had no answers, but found a little bit of space on the forehand side to extract…
India at BWF World Championships Live Day 1: PV Sindhu begins hunt for 6th medal after Jolly-Gopichand’s dominating show

Kingshuk Kusari
New Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 17, 2026 17:36 IST
India at BWF World Championships Live. (AP Photo)
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Big smashes from PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu begins her match with some big smashes against Sophia Nobel.

Sindhu is one of the favourites in this tournament, and is coming into the competition with renewed form.

She is dominating the exchanges so far, hitting sizeable smashes from the third court, and has already taken a 7-0 lead in the first game.

PV Sindhu hunts 6th medal: Live action

PV Sindhu – India’s most dominant force in the World Championships starts her campaign in the 2026 edition of the tournament.

Here’s how her medal; tally looks like:

PV Sindhu in action: BWF World Champs Live

Here we go.

Two of India’s biggest matches are here.

PV Sindhu is due to be in action against Ireland’s Sophia Nobel, and then Ayush Shetty will face World No.1 Shi Yu Qi in the first round of the competition.

Jolly/Gopichand take just 32 minutes to win

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand win their first round match of the season in just 32 minutes.

Terrific performance by the Indian doubles pair. This person put up a complete show against their Spanish opponents.

The Indian duo win 21-9, 21-13 to advance to the Round of 32.

Badminton Live: An se Young Interview

An Se Young struggled with her injury in her opening round today. But even hopping on one leg, she found a way to win in straight sets.

Akshay Ramesh. This person is at the event today, spoke to her in the mixed zone.

Here’s the link to the An Se Young story.

And here’s what she stated about her injury:

“It was not straightforward today. But I tried to stay calm. I think it’s getting better. I am getting better physically. I hope to get better in the next match.

“A little pain (in terms of jumps), but I tried to secure into rhythm back. I hope to return to great rhythm.

“I need more recovery, my ankle. It’s getting better,” she said.

India badminton Live: Jolly/Gopichand win first game

Absolutely dominating win from Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in their opening game of the Badminton World Championships.

They win the opening game 21-9 against Spanish opponents.

The match begun with them dominating with their smashes, and slowly they dominated at the net as well.

Spain’s Lopez and Rodriguez had no answers, but found a little bit of space on the forehand side to extract a few points.

They will have to do a lot more to challenge Jolly and Gopichand in the second game.

Jolly/Gopichand dominating: BWF Live

This was expected to be one of the more competitive matches today, but Jolly and Gopichand have dominated the proceedings.

Jolly, especially, has been brilliant with her placements and managed to catch the Spanish opponents off balance.

India lead 11-5 at the mid-game break.

Badminton live: Good start from Jolly/Gopichand

A very good start from Jolly and Gopichand. This person are relentless with their body smashes.

The Spanish pair are struggling to handle the pace of the Indian duo right now.

Jolly/Treesa lead the first game 7-3.

India at BWF World Championships 2026: Match begins

Right then. In the morning session India played one and won one.

In the second session of the day, India play four. How many will they win?

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will hope to set the tone right now.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in action

Huge cheers for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand as India’s block of matches commence.

Akshay Ramesh is at the arena, and he will bring us live updates from this match.

Badminton World Championships Live: India are back

As Toma Popov and Cristo Popov lost their men’s doubles match in straight games.

India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are taking the court,

India are back in action. The match starts in the next 5 minutes.

Where to watch Badminton World Championships?

Well, in New Delhi. Of course.

The matches are being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The matches start at 9 am, and will continue till 10 pm.

You can book your tickets on BookMyShow. It start from Rs 499.

Meanwhile, the live coverage of the tournament is on Star Sports and JioStar.

India’s matches in BWF World Championships Live

It is going to be a blockbuster next few hours for Indian badminton fans.

India play 4 back to back matches in Court 1 today, starting with Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.

PV Sindhu and Ayush Shetty will play after the women’s doubles and the day will come to an end with women’s doubles match featuring Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi.

Stay tuned as we bring you updates from every single game.

Badminton World Championships Live

Hello there.

We are back once again.

We are getting close to India’s block of matches. It are one after the other.

India’s matches will start around 4 pm, right after the ongoing game of Popov brorthers, who are playing their match against Japanese pair of Nomura and Shimogami.

An Se Young wins in straight games

A foot injury that troubled her for the bigger part of the match, but An Se Young completes her first win in straight games.

The South Korean World No.1 wins 21-14, 21-13 against Bulgaria’s Kaloyana Nalbantova in 41 minutes, and moves to the second round of the competition.

BWF World Champs Live: An se Young struggling

World No.1 Anse Young is playing Bulgaria’s Kaloyana Nalbantova.

The South Korean No.1 is grimacing and struggling while landing and has not been at her dominating best.

An se Young does not look comfortable at all, but still leads the opening set 11-9 against the 40th rank Bulgarian.

India at BWF Worlds 2026 Live: Who’s up next

A strong start for India in the BWF World Championships 2026.

India’s next match is scheduled to take place at 4:40 pm, where Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will take the stage against Spain’s Paula Lopez and Lucia Rodriguez.

This is anticipated to be a really close match.

Meanwhile, World No.1 An se Young is in action right now in the Court 2. We will bring you live updates from that game.

MR Arjun, Hariharan Amsakarunan win

India begin their BWF World Championships on a winning note.

MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan advance to the Round of 32 after Ireland’s Scott Guildea and Paul Reynolds retire out of the competition due to injury in the second set.

MR Arjun/Amsakarunan win first set 21-16

India’s men’s double pair of MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan take just 17 minutes to win the first set of the match.

The Indian duo’s relentless smashing has left the Ireland players in a shock.

Where Arjun/Amsakarunan have lost points is their mistakes in positioning, where they have not understood whose shuttle is it to defend.

Also a fair bit of forced errors while smashing the shuttle.

Badminton World Championships Live: India dominate

An excellent start from MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan.

They are hitting smashes at will and have taken a healthy lead in the first set of the match.

There are loud chants of India, India reverberating in the IGI stadium right now.

The duo have taken a lead of 11-4 as they go on the mid-set break!

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