India Open 2025, Day 3 Badminton Highlights: Sat-Chi, PV Sindhu And Kiran George All Advance; Four Home Doubles Pairs Ousted
India Open 2025, Day 3 Badminton Highlights: Follow all the live updates from Day 3 of the Super 750 badminton tournament, featuring several Indian stars today.
India Open 2025, Badminton Highlights:
The hosts witnessed a mixed bag on Day 3 of the Indian Open 2025 Super 750 event on Thursday as five doubles units representing the nation bowed out, but the star duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fought back to earn progress to the quarterfinals of the event.
Star player PV Sindhu earned her berth in the last eight of the women’s singles category, while Kiran George also moved past the Ro16 hurdle to keep Indian hopes alive.
Results for India Open 2025, Day 3
- Tanisha Crasto / Dhruv Kapila lost to Hiroki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito (18-21, 17-21) – Mixed Doubles
- Rutaparna Panda / Sweataparna Panda lost to Ha Na Baek / So Hee Lee (7-21, 6-21) – Women’s Doubles
- Ashith Surya / Amruta Pramutesh lost to Po-Hsuan Yang / Ling Fang Hu – (8-21, 11-21) Mixed Doubles
- Kiran George beat Alex Lainer (22-20, 21-13) – Men’s Singles
- Tanisha Crasto / Ashwini Ponappa lost to Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto – (9-21, 21-23) Women’s Doubles
- PV Sindhu beat Manami Suizu – (21-15, 21-13) Women’s Singles
- Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Tomoka Miyazaki – (6-21, 9-21) Women’s Singles
- Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy / Chirag Shetty beat Kenya Mitsuhashi / Hiroki Okamura – (20-22, 21-14, 21-16) Men’s Doubles
- Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat lose to Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min- (7-21, 10-21) Women’s Doubles
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India Open 2025 Live: Day 3 Results!
Results for India Open 2025, Day 3
Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy / Chirag Shetty beat Kenya Mitsuhashi / Hiroki Okamura – (20-22, 21-14, 21-16) Men’s Doubles
PV Sindhu beat Manami Suizu – (21-15, 21-13) Women’s Singles
Kiran George beat Alex Lainer (22-20, 21-13) – Men’s Singles
Tanisha Crasto / Dhruv Kapila lost to Hiroki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito (18-21, 17-21) – Mixed Doubles
Rutaparna Panda / Sweataparna Panda lost to Ha Na Baek / So Hee Lee (7-21, 6-21) – Women’s Doubles
Ashith Surya / Amruta Pramutesh lost to Po-Hsuan Yang / Ling Fang Hu – (8-21, 11-21) Mixed Doubles
Tanisha Crasto / Ashwini Ponappa lost to Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto – (9-21, 21-23) Women’s Doubles
Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Tomoka Miyazaki – (6-21, 9-21) Women’s Singles
Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat lose to Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min- (7-21, 10-21) Women’s Doubles
India Open 2025 Live: Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat lose to Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min!
The Indian women’s doubles pair of Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat went down 7-21, 10-21 to the Chinese duo of Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min in the round of 16 encounter!
India Open 2025 Live: Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat take on Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min -Game 1!
Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min take the opener against Shika and Ashwini 21-7.
India Open 2025 Live: Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat take on Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min-Game 1!
The fourth-seeded Chinese pair of Jing and Min start off strong and take the initiative against the Indian women to lead 9-4 early on in the opener.
India Open 2025 Live: Shika and Ashwini in action!
Shika Gautam and Ashwini Bhat take on Li Yin Jing and Luo Xu Min of China in the women’s doubles round of 16 matchup!
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Beat Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura!
Seventh seeded Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied from a game down to beat Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura of Japan 20-22, 21-14, 21-16 to reach the quarterfinal of the Indian Open 2025.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 3!
18-13 and Sat-Chi have victory in sight.
A five point cushion over the Japanese shuttlers.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 3!
The Indians lead 11-7 in the decider and have the upper hand as things stand.
Barring another astounding fightback from the Japanese outfit, Satwiksairaj and Chirag have a sight at progress.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 3!
The home boys turn it around in the third set as they take a 5-4 lead against Mitsuhashi and Okamura in the decider.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 3!
The decider is underway!
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty need to focus to see this game through. But, the Japanese duo stand firm to begin better than their opponents as they take a 4-1 lead against the heavily favoured side.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 2!
Sat-Chi restore parity!
The Indian pair picked up a 21-14 win over the Japanses duo of Mitsuhashi and Okamura in the second game of the R016 encounter to take the game to a decider.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 2!
The Japanese duo mounted a brave comeback attempt, but Satwiksairaj and Chirag shety held on to their cushion to lead 17-13 in the second game.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama Updayaya Goes Down To Tomoka Miyazaki!
Anupama Updayaya went down to sixth-seed Tomoka Miyazaki in straight sets as the Indian succumbed to a 6-21, 9-21 rout against the seasoned Japanese shuttler in the round of 16 in the women’s singles.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 2!
Sat-Chi go a couple of points down at 3-5 before battling back to level pegging and then going one better at 6-5 to take the lead in the second round against Mitsuhashi and Okamura.
The Indians capitalize on the momentum and extend their lead to five points at 10-5.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama Updayaya Vs Tomoka Miyazaki - Game 2!
The sixth seeded Miyazaki seems to be running away with it now as she takes a 11-3 lead in the second game.
Not sure how much longer the outclassed Updayaya can hang on here against a vastly superior and experienced opponent.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 1!
Hold the press!
Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura have fought their way back to take the first game away from Satwik and Chirag.
The Japanese duo held strong to rally back from behind and seize the first game 22-20 to take the initiative.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama Updayaya Vs Tomoka Miyazaki - Game 1!
Miyazaki takes the opening game against Upadayaya as the Japanese shuttler romps to a 21-6 triumph over the Indian.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 1!
Satwiksairaj and Chirag are inching closer to sealing the first game as the home side lead 18-14.
The Japnese pair are fighting tooth and nail to keep the opener from slipping away, but clawing back against the Indians is a job easier said than done.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama Updayaya Vs Tomoka Miyazaki - Game 1!
Miyazaki looks rampant as she extends her advantage to 11-4 at the break in the opening game between the women in the singles event.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama Updayaya Vs Tomoka Miyazaki - Game 1!
Updayaya was always going to have her task cut out against her Japanese opponent and the reason was on display in the opening exchanges of the tie as Miyazaki started strong and raced off to a 4-point lead at 7-3.
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 1!
The Indian duo take the advantage as they open up a two-point cushion at 12-10 and seem to have good value for their lead.
India Open 2025 Live: Anupama in action!
Anupama Updayaya will take on sixth-seed Tomoka Miyazaki in the women’s singles Ro16 match on court No.2!
India Open 2025 Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty Vs Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura - Game 1!
The opening game of the most anticipated fixture of the day is off on an even keel as the sides match each other blow for blow at 6-6.
No let up here as the home crowd eggs the seventh-seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag on.
India Open 2025 Live: Sat-Chi up next!
The Indian men’s doubles dup of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura in the Round of 16.
Up Next: Satwik-Chirag! ✨✨
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India Open 2025 Live: Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponappa shown exit door!
The Indian women’s doubles pairing of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponappa succumbed to a 9-21, 21-23 defeat at the hands of Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto of Japan in the Round of 16 on Thursday.
The duo became the fourth Indian doubles pairing to bow out on the day.
India Open 2025 Live: PV Sindhu downs Manami Suizu!
Sindhu through to quarters!
PV Sindhu stormed into the last eight of the Indian Open 2025 Super 750 event with her win over Manami Suizu!
The 29-year-old surged to a 21-15, 21-13 triumph over her Japanese opponent on Thursday.
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India Open 2025 Live: Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto take opener!
Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponappa concede the first game of their R016 clash against Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 9-21.
The Indian duo need to pick up their game if they are to turn the game around.
India Open 2025 Live: PV Sindhu vs Manami Suizu- Game 2!
Sindhu on song!
The Indian, who has been struggling for form recently, looks to have turned a corner as she leads with a massive 9-point advantage at 11-2 in the second game.
The seasoned Sindhu looks to have found her feet with some solid strokeplay and untouchable smashes against her Japanese opponent, who looks all at sea.