Lakshya Sen reaches second round; Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand into pre-quarters at BWF World Championships

Badminton
18 Aug 2026, 09:13 pm IST|Khelangan Desk
Lakshya Sen reaches second round; Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand into pre-quarters at BWF World Championships
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At the BWF World Championships on August 18, 2026, Lakshya Sen recovered from an opening-game loss to Austria’s Collins Valentine Filimon to win 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 and reach the second round.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the pre-quarters after defeating 16th seeds Lam/Lee in straight games.

Unnati Hooda also progressed, while India’s mixed doubles pairs suffered opening-round exits.

Lakshya SenTreesa JollyGayatri GopichandUnnati Hooda