On November 27, 16-year-old Indian badminton player Tanvi Sharma defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara to take her spot in the quarter-finals of the Syed Modi International 2025 badminton tournament.
Nozomi is a former world No. 1 and Olympic medalist player. Meanwhile, Tanvi is a junior world championships silver medalist. In the battle against Nozomi, Tanvi showcased a brilliant performance, winning it by 13-21, 21-16, and 21-19. The match lasted for an hour, and the Indian defeated the 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist.
Meanwhile, India’s Unnati Hooda and Kidambi Srikanth have also progressed in the tournament. Hooda took a comfortable win against Tasnim Mir by 21-15, 21-10. Srikanth, on the other hand, defeated Saneeth Dayanand by sets of 21-6 and 21-16. Rakshitha Sree defeated Devika Sihag by 16-21, 21-19, and 21-17. Isharani Baruah was another top performer, defeating Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova by 21-15, 21-8.
In the women’s doubles event, India’s pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won their match against Zenith Abbigail and Likhita Srivastava by 21-17, 21-12. Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles event, Jolly took home another win after teaming with Hariharan Amsakarunan to defeat Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde by 24-22, 21-15.
Later, in the men’s singles, Manraj Singh defeated HS Prannoy by 21-15, 21-18; later, Mithun Manjunath defeated Tharun Mannepalli to win by 21-16, 17-21, 21-7. Meanwhile, former champion Kidambi Srikanth edged past Saneeth Dayanand to win by 21-6, 21-16.
In men’s doubles, Hariharan and MR Arjun claimed their quarter-finals spot after a win over Malaysia’s Lau Yi Sheng and Lim Tze Jian by sets of 21-12 and 21-18.
Syed Modi International 2025 badminton, Day 3 India results:
Women’s singles event
- Rakshitha Sree beat Devika Sihag 16-21, 21-19, 21-17
- Isharani Baruah beat Polina Buhrova (UKR) 21-15, 21-8
- Hina Akechi (JPN) beat Tanya Hemanth 21-12, 21-8
- Unnati Hooda beat Tasnim Mir 21-15, 21-10
- Tanvi Sharma beat Nozomi Okuhara 13-21, 21-16, 21-19
- Lo Sin Yan (HKG) beat Anupama Upadhyaya 21-13, 12-21, 21-13
- Neslihan Arin (TUR) beat Mansi Singh 21-13, 21-12
Women’s doubles event
- Bengisu Erçetin/Nazlıcan İnci (TUR) beat Alisha Khan/Vaishnavi Khadkekar 21-7, 23-21
- Kaho Osawa/Mai Tanabe (JPN) beat Mansa Rawat/Gayatri Rawat 21-11, 21-11
- Shruti Mishra/Priya Konjengbam beat Polina Buhrova/Yevheniia Kantemyr (UKR) 21-17, 24-22
- Lin Xiao-Min/Wang Yu-Qiao (TPE) beat Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam 21-8, 21-14
- Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand beat Zenith Abbigail/Likhita Srivastava 21-17, 21-12
Mixed doubles event
- Treesa Jolly/Hariharan Amsakarunan beat Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Gadde 24-22, 21-15
- Wong Tien Ci/Lim Chiew Sien (MAS) beat Farogh Sanjay Aman/Rutaparna Panda 21-9, 21-13
- Andika Ramadiansyah/Nozomi Shimizu (AUS) beat Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh 21-17, 21-15
- Marwan Faza/Aisyah Pranata (INA) beat Dhruv Rawat/Maneesha K 21-19, 17-21, 21-10
- Dejan Ferdinansyah/Bernadine Wardana (INA) beat Mithileish P Krishnan/Varna Prabhuanand 21-12, 21-6
- Pakkapon Teeraratsakul/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) beat C Lalramsanga/Taarini Suri 21-12, 21-19
- Nithin HV/Srinidhi Narayanan beat Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath 21-17, 21-19
(Inputs sourced from Olympics)
