The Vietnam Open 2026 has turned into a major tournament for Indian badminton, with four Indian singles players reaching the semifinals in Ho Chi Minh City. Experienced campaigner H.S. Prannoy has reached the men’s singles last four, while India has achieved an even more impressive feat in women’s singles, with Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah and Rakshitha Sree all progressing to the semifinals. With Isharani and Rakshitha now meeting each other, India is guaranteed at least on
.India’s next generation of badminton talent is making its presence felt at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2026 in Chengdu, China, with four Indian entries reaching the semifinals across the U17 and U15 events. The strongest showing has come in U17 women’s singles, where second seed Tanvi Patri and sixth seed Shaina Manimuthu have both advanced to the last four, while Aaditya Singh Negi and Tanmay Verma have carried India’s challenge into the U15 men’s doub
The Vietnam Open 2026 has turned into a major tournament for Indian badminton, with four Indian singles players reaching the semifinals in Ho Chi Minh City. Experienced campaigner H.S. Prannoy has reached the men’s singles last four, while India has achieved an even more impressive feat in women’s singles, with Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah and Rakshitha Sree all progressing to the semifinals. With Isharani and Rakshitha now meeting each other, India is guaranteed at least on
India may not have lifted the Pontianak Indonesia Masters 2026 trophy, but the tournament offered an encouraging glimpse of the depth developing in Indian women's singles. The biggest story was Mansi Singh, who reached her first final at the tournament and finished runner-up to China's Xu Wen Jing. Behind her, Anmol Kharb reached the semi-finals, while top seed Ashmita Chaliha made the quarter-finals. Three Indian women's singles players therefore reached the final eight, wit
Indian badminton has another tournament to watch this week, and this time the spotlight falls on Ho Chi Minh City.The YONEX SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2026 begins on September 8 and runs through September 13 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium. The tournament is a BWF Tour Super 100 event with a total prize purse of US$120,000. For India, this is not simply another stop on the calendar. The country arrives with Tanvi Sharma as the women's singles top seed and H.S. Prannoy as the third seed
AirBadminton has taken another major step towards becoming a global sport. The International World Games Association has confirmed AirBadminton for The World Games 2029, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 19–29 July 2029.
the women's singles draw has turned into a genuine India showcase — four Indian shuttlers have reached the quarterfinals, including a guaranteed all-Indian semifinalist.
