BWF World Junior Championships: Jagsher, Nishchal, Dev and others progress to round of 16

Tanvi Patri continues her fine form to beat South Korea’s Han Bi Kim 15-9, 15-9 in the round of 32. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

It was a strong day for India’s U-19 boys and girls in the singles events at the BWF World Junior Championships 2026, as they reached the round of 16. This was led by Tanvi Patri, who beat South Korea’s Han Bi Kim 15-9, 15-9. Shaina Manimuthu also continued her performance from the previous round to beat Hong Xuan Jiao from Hong Kong 15-7, 15-6. Nishchal Chand also won in straight sets, beating Kong Wei Xiang from Malaysia 15-9, 15-11.

Jagsher Singh Khangurra, Tanvi Reddy Andluri and Dev Ruparelia all had to work hard for their wins, beating Thailand’s Punnatat Prempunpong 15-11, 10-15, 17-15, China’s Liu Si Ya 15-17, 15-13, 15-13 and Indonesia’s Yudha Rendra Wijaya 16-14, 9-15, 15-10, respectively in three games. While, Akhil Reddy Bobba was the only Indian singles player who didn’t progress to the round of 16, losing to Boon Le Lim from Malaysia 13-15, 16-18

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In boys’ doubles, India had a mixed day in the round of 32, with Yogansh Singh and Aathish Sreenivas PV effortlessly defeating the Estonian duo Marti Joost and Rasmus Roogsoo 16-14, 15-8. However, Pavan Suresh and Punith Suresh (R32) were unable to beat Njoto Michaelangelo and Yu Zhirui Jerry of Hong Kong despite their best efforts, losing 17-15, 13-15, 10-15.

Girls’ doubles also provided the same mixed results as the boys, with Aanya Bisht and Angel Punera beating Enya Freya Edyna Almazan and Rehina Zoey Denise of the Philippines 15-7, 15-7, while Diya Bheemaiah and Baruni Parshwal lost in three games a tough fought battle to the Indonesian duo of Atresia Naufa Candani and Adelia Nirul M 11-15, 15-12, 12-15.

In the only mixed doubles match of the day for India, Divyansh Agrawal and Varna Prabu Anand disappointingly lost to Hong Kong’s Cheung Sai Shing and Wing Chi Chu in straight games 11-15, 6-15 at the round of 64 stage.