India's Badminton Campaign Ends Without Individual Medals at Asian Games
PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda lost in the women's singles quarterfinals as all Indian entries exited the individual competition in Nagoya.
KEY POINTS
- India won zero individual badminton medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya
- PV Sindhu lost to Chen Yu Fei in women's singles quarterfinals after three matches in 24 hours
- Unnati Hooda, Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, and Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto also exited in quarterfinals
- India had won three individual medals at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games
- Mixed doubles pair took world number ones to three games before losing
India failed to win a single individual badminton medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya after all remaining shuttlers lost their quarterfinal matches on Sunday. This marks a sharp decline from the Hangzhou edition three years ago, where India secured three individual medals, including a men's doubles gold.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, playing her third match in under 24 hours, lost to Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei 21-11, 18-21, 10-21. Sindhu admitted she should have closed out the second game but cited long rallies and difficulty earning easy points.
“I think I should have finished it off in the second set itself but I couldn't. Overall it was not that an easy game or I would get easy points. There were really long rallies.”
Teenager Unnati Hooda, 19, fell to three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 in the other women's singles quarterfinal. In doubles action, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost 18-21, 9-21 to Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan.
The mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto pushed world number ones Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping to three games before losing 14-21, 21-18, 18-21. Tanisha Crasto said the pair was proud of their effort and improvement against the Chinese champions despite the disappointing result.
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