India’s rising badminton star Tanvi Sharma continued her impressive run on the BWF World Tour, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Korea Masters Super 300 tournament here on Thursday (August 6, 2026).

Fresh from winning her maiden BWF World Tour title at the Taipei Open, the 17-year-old third seed defeated compatriot Shriyanshi Valishetty 21-16, 17-21, 21-13 in a hard-fought 57-minute pre-quarterfinal contest.

Tanvi, who climbed to a career-high world No. 30 following her Taipei triumph, will next face fellow Indian Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj for a place in the semifinals.

Rakshitha also booked her quarterfinal spot with a convincing 22-20, 21-10 victory over Japan’s Manami Suizu in 45 minutes.

Among the other Indian women singles players, Ashmita Chaliha progressed with a dominant 21-17, 21-6 win over South Korea’s Kim Min Ji in just 31 minutes.

Ashmita will have a bigger battle ahead, taking on top-seed Hina Akechi of Japan on Friday.

However, Anmol Kharb bowed out after a closely-fought battle against Vietnam’s Vu Thi Trang, losing 21-23, 21-15, 18-21 in a one-hour eight-minute contest.

Mansi Singh also exited after going down to China’s fourth seed Han Qian Xi 12-21, 21-14, 17-21 in 53 minutes.

Fifth seed Isharani Baruah suffered defeat against South Korea’s unseeded Kim Min Sun, losing 17-21, 18-21 after marathon one-hour 18-minute battle.

In the men’s doubles, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy kept India’s challenge alive with a 21-18, 21-19 win over South Korea’s Kim Young Hyuk and Shin Tae Yang in 39 minutes.

The duo will take on Malaysia’s Man Wei Chong and Soh Wooi Yik on Friday (August 7) for a place in the semifinals.

In the mixed doubles, sixth seeds Ishaan Bhatnagar and Shruti Mishra were unable to overcome South Korea’s Shin Tae Yang and Kim Yu Jung, losing 16-21, 21-16, 13-21 in 49 minutes and thereby ending India’s campaign in that section.

India’s women’s doubles campaign also ended in the pre-quarterfinal stage, with Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker losing to Japan’s seventh-seeded pair of Sumire Nakade and Miyu Takahashi 15-21, 9-21 in under half an hour.

India’s campaign in the men’s singles had already ended on the opening day with Kidambi Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath, Kiran George, Saneeth Dayanand, Rounak Chouhan and Tharun Mannepalli all exiting in their respective first round matches.

Newly-crowned Taipei Open champion Tanvi Sharma led a strong Indian showing in the women’s singles, but former world championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth suffered an opening-round exit in men’s singles as India endured a mixed day at the Korea Masters Super 300 badminton tournament here on Wednesday (August 5, 2026).

Third seed Tanvi, who recently clinched her maiden BWF World Tour title at the Taipei Open, eased past China’s Yuan An Qi 21-16, 21-15 to progress to the second round.

Rakshitha Ramraj recovered from a game down to beat Korea’s Yoo A Yeon 22-24, 21-12, 21-13, while Mansi Singh fought back to defeat Kim Joo Eun 14-21, 21-19, 21-9.

Fifth seed Isharani Baruah also advanced to the next round after overcoming Korea’s Lee So Yul 21-18, 15-21, 21-7, while eighth seed Anmol Kharb rallied from a game down to beat Hong Kong’s Lo Sin Yan Happy 16-21, 21-17, 21-12.

Ashmita Chaliha defeated Japan’s Riko Hiramoto 22-20, 21-18 and Shriyanshi Valishetty brushed aside Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po 21-15, 21-14 to book their places in the second round.

The only Indian casualties in women’s singles were Tanya Hemanth, who went down 16-21, 20-22 to top seed Hina Akechi of Japan, and Aakarshi Kashyap who lost 22-20 21-23 3-21 to Kim Min Ji of Korea.

In the men’s singles, third seed Srikanth lost 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko in a hard-fought opening-round contest.

The defeat capped a disappointing day for the Indian men’s singles contingent, with Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Tharun Mannepalli and Rounak Chouhan also making first-round exits.

Kiran lost 15-21, 9-21 to Korea’s Park Sang Yong, Mithun was beaten 11-21, 9-21 by China’s Zhu Xuan Chen, while Mannepalli fought hard before losing 13-21, 21-12, 19-21 to Korea’s Yoo Tae Bin.

Rounak went down fighting 21-23, 19-21 to fourth seed Jeon Hyeok Jin of Korea.

Saneeth Dayanand was forced to retire while trailing 11-21, 4-13 against top seed and world No. 21 Yudai Okimoto of Japan.

In the doubles, sixth-seeded mixed pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Shruti Mishra came through an all-Indian opening-round clash against Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma 20-22, 21-10, 21-15.

In the women’s doubles, Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker recovered from a game down to beat Korea’s Bang Ji Sun and Hyun Ji Jang 13-21, 21-15, 21-12.

However, it was otherwise a disappointing day for the Indian doubles combinations.

Seventh-seeded mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Rawat and Maneesha K lost 21-18, 14-21, 17-21 to Malaysia’s Loo Bing Kun and Nurul Maisarah Mohamad Zamani, while men’s doubles pair of Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu went down 17-21, 15-21 to Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Aaron Tai.