On Thursday, March 19, Indian women’s singles shuttlers showcased their brilliant form after securing three quarter-finals spot in the 2026 Orleans Masters Super 300 in France.
In an all-India matchup 17-year-old Tanvi Sharma defeated Anmol Kharb in straight games by 21-14, 21-17 to secure her quarterfinals berth against Japan’s Natsuki Nidaira. Besides Tanvi, Malvika Bansod and Isharani Baruah also won their respective matches on Friday, March 20 and are headed to the quarter-finals.
Malvika defeated Malaysia’s Wong Ling Ching in straight games by 24-22, 21-13, while Isharani secured the win over Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang by sets of 21-11, 14-21, 21-17.
India’s Ayush Shetty was the lone representative in the men’s singles event. In the second-round match he got beaten by Japan’s Yudai Okimoto in three games in sets of 21-9, 18-21, 9-21. Meanwhile, in men’s doubles, Indian duo of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun have made it to the quarterfinals after securing the victory over Scottish pair of Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle and defeating them by sets of 26-24, 21-14.
The Orleans Masters 2026 is a BWF Super 300 tournament that will be streamed live and telecasted in India. The live streaming will be done on BWF TV YouTube channel and will showcase until the quarter-final matches that ended March 20. Meanwhile, the semi-finals and finals match which are scheduled for March 21 and 22, will be live streamed on the JioHotstar application.
The semi-finals and finals match will also be telecasted live on Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select 2 HD TV channels in India.
Orleans Masters 2026: India badminton squad
Women’s singles: Tanvi Sharma, Malvika Bansod, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, Anmol Kharb, Devika Sihag, Isharani Baruah; qualifiers: Shriyanshi Valishetty, Aakarshi Kashyap
Women’s doubles: Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam
Mixed doubles: Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
Men’s singles: Ayush Shetty, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Kiran George; qualifiers: Mithun Manjunath, Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian
Men’s doubles: MR Arjun/Hariharan Amsakarunan; qualifiers: Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu/Pochana Arjun Reddy
