Sindhu seeded 9th, Satwik-Chirag 5th for BWF World Championships
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was on Tuesday, August 4, seeded ninth in women's singles, while the star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were handed the fifth seeding for the upcoming BWF World Championships, to be held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here from August 17-23.
Sindhu is the current Japan Open champion, while Satwik and Chirag are the 2022 Asian Games gold medallists.
India have two entries each in all five categories of the championships, with at least one seeded entry in four of the five categories.
Apart from Sindhu and the Satwik-Chirag pair, former world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen has been seeded 14th in men's singles, while the mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto have been seeded 15th.
While players qualified for the championships based on their world rankings as of April 28, 2026, the seedings were decided on the basis of world rankings as of July 28, 2026.
Men's singles world champion Shi Yuqi of China and South Korea's An Se Young are the top seeds in their respective categories. Women's singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan is seeded second, while the third and fourth spots have gone to China's Wang Zhi Yi and Chen Yufei.
According to the seeding list, South Korea's Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae are at the top of the men's doubles seeding chart, while China's Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning have received the top billing in women's doubles. Their compatriots Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping are seeded number one in mixed doubles.
The draw for the championships will be held here on Wednesday, August 5, and the final seedings could change if any of the seeded players withdraw before then.
(With PTI inputs)
