But it ended up making news for the wrong reasons. Instead of women’s singles champ An Se-Young and men’s winner Lin Chun-Yi making headlines, some stray birds and a monkey ended up on the front pages of most newspapers
21 January,2026 09:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Harpreet Kaur Lamba
Lakshya opens his campaign against Singapore’s Jia Heng Jason Teh, while HS Prannoy faces a stern test against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia
20 January,2026 09:06 AM IST | Jakarta | PTI
However, the men’s duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 27-25, 21-23, 19-21 to Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita. Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy also exited, losing to France’s Christo Popov, and Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew respectively
16 January,2026 09:04 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Sindhu went down 22-20, 12-21, 15-21 to Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen. Earlier, former World No. 1 Srikanth had to dig deep to outlast fellow Indian Tharun Mannepalli 15-21, 21-6, 21-19
15 January,2026 09:09 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIADVERTISEMENT
