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BWF World C'ships: Lakshya Sen advances, Treesa-Gayatri in pre-quarters

Times of India - Sports · 18 August 2026 at 9:13 pm

BWF World C'ships: Lakshya Sen advances, Treesa-Gayatri in pre-quarters

Lakshya Sen fights back from losing the opening game to beat Austria’s Collins Valentine Filimon 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 and reach the World Championships’ second round.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also advance after defeating 16th seeds Lam/Lee in straight games.

Unnati Hooda progresses too, while India’s mixed doubles pairs suffer opening-round exits.

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