New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Indian badminton gamers Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda expressed pleasure about competing on the BWF World Championships 2026 on house soil, with each gamers wanting ahead to the distinguished event in India.
The championships shall be held from August 17-23 on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Arena, New Delhi. In probably the most thrilling first-round matches, the Asian Championships silver medallist Ayush Shetty shall be pitted towards defending champion and high seed Shi Yuqi of China.
Speaking to reporters, Shetty stated the World Championships represented a serious stage for gamers the world over and that internet hosting the occasion in India made it much more particular for him.
‘The World Championship is a very massive event for everybody, even for the world’s greatest gamers. It’s an enormous stage, and it is taking place in India, so I feel it is extra particular for me,’ Shetty stated.
For Hooda, the event carries added significance as she prepares to make her World Championships debut. The younger shuttler stated she was excited to compete in her first version of the distinguished occasion in entrance of house followers.
‘It’s my first World Championship, and it is taking place in India, so I’m actually excited and looking out ahead to it. I’m taking it one match at a time,’ Hooda informed reporters.
Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn informed reporters, ‘… This time I come to India once more. I’m very completely satisfied, and I’ll attempt my greatest on this event…’
With the BWF World Championships being hosted in India, the nation’s shuttlers will look to profit from the house benefit and robust crowd assist. Shetty and Hooda will purpose to make a mark on the worldwide stage as they start their respective campaigns.
Previously, India had final hosted the World Championships again in 2009 in Hyderabad. Since then, Indian badminton has made a variety of strides, with India capturing a number of medals on the Olympics and PV Sindhu additionally turning into the first-ever Indian world champion again in 2019.
India is aiming to win a number of medals on their house turf. All eyes can be on Sindhu, who has struck kind within the run-up to the Championships by successful the Japan Open final month.
PV Sindhu wouldn’t face world primary An Se Young of South Korea and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan earlier than the medal rounds. She is more likely to meet China’s third seed Wang Zhi Yi within the pre-quarterfinals with a attainable final eight conflict towards sixth seed Putri Wardani of Indonesia.
For Satwik and Chirag, the primary actual problem is predicted to come back from the Twelfth-seeded Indonesian pair of Raymond Indra and Nikolaus Joaquin, who reached the finals of the Indonesia Open in June this 12 months.
In combined doubles, the Fifteenth-seeded Indian mixture of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto have a bye within the opening spherical, and their first actual take a look at may come within the spherical of 16, the place they’re more likely to face sixth seeds Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui of China.
Their compatriots Rohan Kapoor and G Ruthvika Shivani shall be up towards Canada’s Jonathan Lai and Crystal Lai, with high seeds Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping of China ready for them within the second spherical.
In the ladies’s doubles, two-time All England semi-finalists Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly shall be up towards Paula Lopez and Lucia Rodriguez of Spain within the first spherical, with USA’s sixteenth seeds Lauren Lam and Allison Lee ready for them within the second spherical.
Debutants Simran Singhi and Kavipriya Selvam will kick off their marketing campaign towards Nikol Carulla and Carmen Jimenez of Spain, and in the event that they clear that hurdle, then they’ll face five-time European champions Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva within the second spherical.
The second Indian males’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Hariharan will kick off their marketing campaign towards Ireland’s Scott Guildea and Paul Reynolds. (ANI)