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title: "PV Sindhu seeded ninth at World Badminton Championships 2026, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi; India's highest-seeded entrant in women's singles"
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PV Sindhu seeded ninth at World Badminton Championships 2026, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi; India's highest-seeded entrant in women's singles

World Badminton Championships 2026: PV Sindhu seeded ninth; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty fifth

World Badminton Championships 2026: PV Sindhu seeded ninth; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty fifth

Lakshya Sen is seeded 14th in men’s singles and the mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto is seeded 15th.

Former champion PV Sindhu will be the ninth seed in the women's singles event at the BWF World Badminton Championships 2026 , scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from August 17 to 23.

India's highest-seeded entry at the World Badminton Championships will be the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty , who have been handed the fifth seed.

Former world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen is seeded 14th in men's singles, while Dhruv Kapila and Olympian Tanisha Crasto are the 15th seeds in mixed doubles.

India will have two entries in each of the five badminton disciplines at the home world championships, with at least one seeded contender in four of them.

The qualification list for the World Championships was determined using the BWF world rankings published on April 28, 2026. However, the tournament seedings were finalised based on the latest rankings released on July 28.

Sindhu, the 2019 world champion, returns to the tournament after lifting the Japan Open title last month.

The two-time Olympic medallist also won back-to-back silver medals at the World Championships in 2017 and 2018, making her the most decorated Indian badminton player in the competition's history.

Lakshya Sen will spearhead India's men's singles campaign alongside Ayush Shetty, while rising youngster Unnati Hooda joins Sindhu in the women's singles draw.

In men's doubles, Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun will accompany Satwik and Chirag. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will lead India's women's doubles challenge alongside Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi.

Apart from Kapila and Crasto, Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will represent India in mixed doubles.

Reigning men's singles world champion Shi Yuqi of the People’s Republic of China and Republic of Korea's An Se Young are the top seeds in the men's and women's singles events, respectively.

Defending women's singles champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan is seeded second, followed by China's Wang Zhiyi and Chen Yufei.

In doubles, South Korea's reigning world champions Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae top the men's doubles seedings, while China's Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning are the top seeds in women's doubles. China's Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping head the mixed doubles draw.

The draw for the 2026 BWF World Championships will be conducted on Wednesday. The final seedings could still change if any seeded player or pair withdraws before the draw is held.

BWF World Championships 2026: India's seeded entries

Women's singles: PV Sindhu - 9th

Men's singles: Lakshya Sen - 14th

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