Eight Indian shuttlers, including PV Sindhu and Ayush Shetty, set for Day 4 at BWF World Championships 2026
Eight Indian shuttlers, including PV Sindhu and Ayush Shetty, were scheduled to play on Day 4 of the BWF World Championships 2026 on August 20, 2026, with several round-of-16 ties and mixed-doubles action on the programme.
India’s opening assignment on the day featured women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand against seventh seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi, while the session was expected to finish with men’s doubles top seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beginning their round-of-16 match after receiving a walkover in the previous round.
PV Sindhu, seeded ninth, progressed from the second round by beating Canada’s Zhang Wen Yu 21-16, 21-17 and is scheduled to meet third seed Wang Zhi Yi of China in the round of 16 for a place in the quarter-finals.
Ayush Shetty required 26 minutes to defeat Sri Lanka’s Dumindu Abeywickrama 21-8, 21-10 and advanced to the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals; he is drawn against Indonesia’s 11th seed Alwi Farhan in the next round.
Live commentary from exchanges between Shetty and Alwi Farhan recorded multiple momentum swings in a set, with Farhan producing several down-the-line and bodyline smashes, registering three consecutive points at one stage, and losing a referral when it was asked for, while Shetty committed a number of long shots and a net error.
Other scheduled Indian pairings on the day included mixed doubles Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto against Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui, and the tournament also listed the women’s doubles and men’s doubles fixtures involving the names already noted.
Khel Now began its Day 4 live blog at 4:30 pm local time and carried the match updates; the preview and live coverage were published by Kaivalya R Pillai, the named author of the piece.
Confirmed next matches for the Indian contingent on Day 4 are PV Sindhu versus Wang Zhi Yi for a quarter-final place, Ayush Shetty against Alwi Farhan in the last 16, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty opening their round-of-16 campaign versus Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap.