New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand led India's charge into the quarter-finals on a mixed Day 4 at the BWF World Championships 2026 today, defeating seventh seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan in straight games.
Fifth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also survived a thrilling men's doubles clash against Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Yap Roy King to advance to the last eight, while two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and giant-killer Ayush Shetty suffered Round of 16 defeats, ending India's singles campaign.
The highlight of the day was stored for the last Indian contest for the day, when the two-time world championships bronze medallists pair of Satwik and Chirag, playing their first match of th...