Asian Games 2026: PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda Lose Quarterfinals As India Miss Individual Badminton Medals
Nagoya, Sep 27: PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda put up brave efforts before going down in their respective women's singles quarterfinals as Indian shuttlers cut a sorry figure at the Asian Games, failing to win a medal in the individual competition here on Sunday. India miss individual medals India had won three medals at the last edition in Hangzhou, with the men's team winning a silver, Satwiksairaj…
Nagoya, September 27 - PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda suffered heartbreaking quarterfinal losses in women's singles badminton at the 2026 Asian Games, as India failed to secure any individual medals. Their efforts were in vain, as India had not won a medal in individual competitions since the 2022 Hangzhou Games. The men's team had claimed a bronze medal, but no Indian shuttlers reached the semifinals in the various categories this year.
Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu faced Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei, who dominated the match and won 21-11, 18-21, 10-21. Similarly, 19-year-old Hooda lost to three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi with a score of 16-21, 21-14, 17-21. Earlier, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who had won a bronze medal at the World Championships earlier, were defeated by Malaysian world No. 5 pair Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in women's doubles quarterfinals.
Mixed doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto put up a strong fight but lost to world No. 1 China's Feng Yan and Huang Dongping in another quarterfinal.
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