Chen Yufei reaches second round of BWF Worlds

China's Chen Yufei recovered from a one-game deficit to reach the women's singles round of 32 at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday, while two Chinese women's doubles pairs also went through in straight games.

The fourth-seeded Chen was tested by Lo Sin Yan (Happy Lo) from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in her opening match, dropping the first game before turning the contest around to claim an 18-21, 21-8, 21-11 victory.

Chen said she struggled with the conditions and her own pace early in the match, but found a better rhythm in the second and third games.

"I made some adjustments after the first game, such as getting myself more excited and moving faster on the court," she noted.

Chen will next face Ukraine's Polina Buhrova, who overcame the UAE's Prakriti Bharath 21-13, 20-22, 21-14 to advance.

In the women's doubles, top-seeded defending champions Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning enjoyed a comfortable start to their campaign, beating Vietnam's Pham Thi Dieu Ly and Pham Thi Khanh 21-10, 21-11 in the round of 32.

Fourth seeds Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian also progressed without conceding a game, defeating the Hong Kong SAR's Lui Lok Lok and Tsang Hiu Yan 21-13, 21-10.

China was guaranteed a place in the men's doubles round of 16, after Hu Keyuan and Lin Xiangyi were drawn against compatriots Chen Boyang and Liu Yi.

Hu and Lin, who entered the competition as late replacements, upset the seventh seeds and 2025 World Championships runners-up 21-18, 21-18 to go through.

Huang Di and Liu Yang were unable to join them in the last 16, as they were knocked out by Malaysia's 11th-seeded duo of Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun 21-14, 21-15.