China Masters 2026 Badminton Championship: Kidambi Srikanth beats Victor Lai to advance to quarter-finals
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth Twice surprised BWF World Championship Medalist Victor Lai enters the men’s singles quarter-finals in China Masters 2026 Badminton The tournament is in Shenzhen on Thursday.
India’s Kidambi Srikanth, ranked 34th Badminton rankingsHe defeated Canadian world number 9 Victor Lai 21-18 and 21-19 in the second round.
Kidambi trailed 7-3 early before fighting back to level the opener at 8-8. The Canadian rallied to take a 15-11 lead, but the Indian responded with five straight points, moving to 18-16 and sealing the opener on his second match point.
In the second match, Kidambi Srikanth again initially trailed 14-9, but clawed back to level 18-18 before holding his nerve to seal the contest in straight games.
However, India’s women’s singles campaign was in the BWF Super 750 Badminton The tournament ended after Tanvi Sharma lost 21-17, 18-21, 21-16 to Japanese Tomoka Miyazaki.
In the opening match, Tanvi Sharma and Tomoka Miyazaki tied at 7-7 before the Japanese player reeled off nine straight points to take control of the match.
Tanvi Sharma then fought back to cut the deficit to 18-17, but Tomoka Miyazaki won the next three points to make it first.
The second game saw Tanvi Sharma lead 8-2 before Tomoka Miyazaki found her rhythm to reduce the deficit to 11-10 at the break.
the Indian badminton player Then she changed her course after the break, taking five match points before converting the fourth point to win the match and force a playoff.
The deciding match was closely contested, with the score tied 11-11 before Tomoka Miyazaki scored five crucial points to open a four-point lead on his way to sealing the win.
Elsewhere, the Indian duo of Satwiksraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, ranked No. 5 in the world, qualified for the men’s doubles quarter-finals after their 21-17, 22-24, 21-9 victory over Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov from France.
Meanwhile, the Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and Olympian Tanesha Crasto lost their second round match 21-18, 21-18 to Liu Kuang Hing and Hsu Yin-hui of Chinese Taipei.
