Tanvi Sharma began her campaign at the Korea Masters 2026 with a steady opening-round win on Wednesday.She defeated China's Yuan Anqi 21-16, 21-15 in just 36 minutes to book her place in the second round. The 17-year-old Sharma, who won the Taipei Open last week, will next face Shriyanshi Valishetty who defeated Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu-po 21-15, 21-14 to set up an all-Indian second-round clash. India enjoyed strong displays in the women's singles matches as Anmol Kharb also fought to beat Hong Kong's Lo Sin Yan with 16-21, 21-17, 21-12. Ashmita Chaliha defeated Japan's Ririna Hiramoto 22-20, 21-18, while Mansi Singh recovered from losing the opening game to beat South Korea's Kim Joo-eun 14-21, 21-19, 21-9. Rakshitha Ramraj also progressed after defeating South Korea's Yoo A-yeon 22-24, 21-12, 21-13. Aakarshi Kashyap, however, bowed out in the opening round after losing to South Korea's Kim Min-ji 20-22, 23-21, 13-21 in a hard-fought 64-minute match. Mixed fortunes in doubles and men's singlesIn an all-Indian mixed doubles match, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Shruti Mishra beat Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma 20-22, 21-10, 21-15. India clinched another victory in the women's doubles as Ritika Thaker and Sonali Singh outplayed South Korea's Jang Hyun-ji and Bang Ji-sun 13-21, 21-15, 21-12. However, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra were knocked out by Japan's second-seeded pair of Ririna Hiramoto and Kokona Ishikawa 15-21, 13-21. India's biggest upset so far came on Tuesday, when the men's doubles pair of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Krishna Prasad Garaga knocked out the seeded Thai pair of Worrapol Thongsa-nga and Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn in their opening-round match. India's representation in the men's doubles qualifying draw saw Tushar Suveer open with a 21-15, 21-12 victory over Canada's Shaurya Gullaiya before losing 10-21, 17-21 to Japan's Shogo Ogawa in the qualifying final, falling one win short…
This report has been adapted by the PurePlay Sports Desk from coverage by The Hindu Sportstar, The Bridge.