Thailand Open 2026 Day 3: Mixed Day For Indian Shuttlers

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The Indian shuttlers had a mixed day as PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Satwik/Chirag Shetty made into the quarterfinals of the Super 500 Thailand Open 2026 played at Bangkok on 14th May.

PV Sindhu eased past her Danish opponent Amile Schultz in two straight games. In the initial stages of the first game, Sindhu struggled before putting on a dominating display not allowing any chances to Schultz. At the mid-game break, Sindhu led 11-6. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as Sindhu won with ease by 21-13.

The second game saw both closely fought affair taking alternate points before Sindhu showing her class with smashes keeping Schultz under immense pressure. At the break, Sindhu led 11-7. After the interval, Schultz fought hard, but the experience of star Indian shuttler showed winning by 21-15 to move into quarterfinals. She will face Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.

The top seeded Indian pairing of Satwik/Chirag Shetty moved into the quarterfinals with straight game win over M Haikal and Bryan Goonting of Malaysia.  Satwik/Chirag looked sharp right from the word go putting Malaysian pair under pressure winning the first game comfortably at 21-12.

Satwik/Chirag put on powerful display of badminton in the second game also keeping Haikal and Goonting under pressure. At the break, Indian pairing took a commanding 11-5 lead. After the interval, Malaysian pair fought back strongly with lovely shots giving some scare to top seeded. Despite their efforts, Satwik/Chirag won by 21-19 to move into the quarterfinals. They will face T Nomura and Y Shimogami of Japan.

Lakshya Sen stormed into the quarterfinals with a dominating two straight game win over X Zhen of China. It was an impressive performance by Sen keeping momentum right from word go and not allowing any chances to his opponent winning with 21-12, 21-13 scoreline. He will face tough the 2nd seeded Kulvanut Vitisdarn of Thailand.

Srikanth Kidambi lost to Ly Su of Chinese Taipei in three games. The first game saw both players fighting for each point with lovely shots keeping the momentum. At the mid-game break, Srikanth had a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, Su made a stunning comeback putting pressure on the Indian to win first game by 21-16.

Srikanth showed domination right from the word go in 2nd game not allowing any chances for Su. At the mid-game break, the Indian had a commanding 11-2 lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as Srikanth won with 21-11 scoreline.

The third game saw closely fought affair initially before Su showed his class to put enough pressure on Srikanth to take 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, the former world number 1, Srikanth showed great skills and fighting spirit to take points in succession and level scores at 12-12.

Despite brilliant efforts by Srikanth, Su held onto his nerves to win the decider by 21-18 to move into the quarterfinals.

Devika Sihag put on spirited performance as she lost to Opatniputh Pitchamon of Thailand in two straight games. The first game was a closely fought affair as both players fought for each point. Sihag looked impressive with her style of play but Pitchamon held onto her nerves to win by 23-21.

Pitchamon produced a dominating display in the second game not giving any sniff to Devika winning with comfortable scoreline of 21-11.

Malvika Bansod was no match to Chen Yu Fei as she suffered straight game loss. Bansod struggled right from word go losing by 12-21, 7-21.

Results of Indian Shuttlers, round 2 (Super 500 Thailand Open)

1.      PV Sindhu defeated Amile Schultz (Women’s Singles)- 21-13, 21-15

2.      Lakshya Sen defeated X Zhen (Men’s Singles)- 21-12, 21-13

3.      Satwik/Chirag Shetty defeated M Haikal/Goonting (Men’s Doubles)- 21-12, 21-19

4.      Srikanth Kidambi lost to Ly Su (Men’s Singles)- 16-21, 21-11, 18-21

5.      Devika Sihag lost to Opatniputh Pitchamon (Women’s Singles)- 21-23, 11-21

6.      Malvika Bansod lost to Chen Yu Fei (Women’s Singles)- 12-21, 7-21.









Satwik/Chirag, Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu enter QF of Super 500 Thailand Open 2026 


 

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