US Open Badminton 2026: Great Day For Indian Shuttlers

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The Indian shuttlers had a great day with the likes of Kidambi Srikanth, Raunak Chahuan, Santosh Ramraj, Tanvi Sharma & Devika Sihag made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 300 US Open badminton tournament played at California on 25th June 2026.

The men’s singles section saw the biggest upset as Raunak Chahuan stunned the top seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in two straight games. Both players started first game on even keel taking alternate points till 4-4 before Raunak showed lovely skills to put Chou under pressure. Chou then fought back strongly to level the scores at 10-10. At the mid-game break, Raunak took a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, both players continued to take alternate points till 17-17 before the young Indian took 4 points in succession taking the first game by 21-17.

It was a solid start for Chou Tien Chen in the 2nd game putting the Indian under immense pressure with attacking shots making life tough. At the mid-game break, Chou had a commanding 11-6 lead. After the interval, Chou maintained the lead and continued to take game away before Raunak fought back strongly to level scores at 17-17. The match ebbed and flowed right down the wire with Raunak holding his nerves winning second game by 26-24 scoreline to move into the quarterfinals. He will now face Misha Zilberman of Isreal.

Kidambi Srikanth also produced a dominating performance getting rid of Lee Ji Zia of Malaysia in two straight games. Srikanth looked in sublime touch right from the word go putting Zia under pressure with attacking shots winning by 21-14, 21-13 to move into the quarterfinals. He will face J Liao of Chinese Taipei.

It was a good outing for the women’s section with Tanvi Sharma, Santosh Ramraj & Devika Sihag winning their respective 2nd round matches with ease.

Devika Sihag registered an impressive straight game win over Tonr Saheong of Thailand. Sihag looked in good touch keeping the Thai opponent under pressure winning with 21-17 scoreline during the 1st game.

It was a closely fought affair in the 2nd game as both players fought for each point before Devika held onto her nerves to win by 21-19 to move into quarterfinals. She will face 3rd seeded R Gunji of Japan.

Santosh Ramraj produced a dominating performance with straight game win over Chen S-y of Chinese Taipei. Ramraj looked in sublime touch right from word go keeping Chen under pressure winning the first game with 21-4 scoreline.

The second game was a closely fought affair as both players took alternate points before Ramraj won with 21-19 scoreline. She will face R Chan of Canada in the quarterfinals.

Tanvi Sharma proved her worth with an impressive straight game win over Tung C-t of Chinese Taipei. Tanvi produced a dominating performance in the first game not allowing any chances for her opponent winning by 21-12.

The second game was a closely fought affair as both players took alternate points as Tanvi held onto her nerves to win by 21-19 to move into QF. She will face 2nd seeded Line Christophen.

However, it was curtains as the mixed doubles of D Rawat/K Maneesha lost out to Denmark K Kolding and M Merge in three games. The first game was a closely fought affair as both pairs fought for each point before Indian pairing won by 24-22.

The second game also went the same way as both pairs fought for each point, but this time Kolding and Merge held their nerves winning by 25-23.

Rawat and Maneesha looked out of sorts in the third game as they struggled to take points losing by 15-21 scoreline.

The women’s doubles pairing of Tressa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand lost to S Nakade and Takahashi of Japan in two straight games. The first game was a closely fought affair as both pairs took alternate points before Japanese pairing won by 21-19. It was a disappointing performance by Jolly and Gayatri not giving a fight losing with 8-21 scoreline.

Results of Indian Shuttlers Round 2 (Super 300 US Open Badminton)

1.      Raunak Chahuhan defeated Chou Tien Chen (Men’s Singles)- 21-17, 26-24

2.      Kidambi Srikanth defeated Lee Ji Zia (Men’s Singles)- 21-14, 21-13

3.      Devika Sihag defeated Tonr Saheong (Women’s Singles)- 21-17, 21-19

4.      Santosh Ramraj defeated Chen S-y (Women’s Singles)- 21-4, 21-19

5.      Tanvi Sharma defeated Tung C-t (Women’s Singles)- 21-12, 21-19

6.      D Rawat/K Maneesha lost to Kolding/Merge (Mixed Doubles)- 24-22, 23-25, 15-21

7.      Tressa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand lost to S Nakade/Takahashi (Women’s Doubles)- 19-21, 8-21.

 







Raunak Chahuan stun Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter QF of Super 300 US Open badminton 2026. 

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