It took 17 years for the BWF World Championships to return to India, and the Badminton Association of India (BAI) left no stone unturned to make the comeback a spectacle for fans and an impressive experience for players. Badminton has strengthened its hold in India over the past decade, with the likes of PV Sindhu , Lakshya Sen , Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty making their presence felt on the global stage with consistent performances. It was thus, perhaps, the perfect time for the BAI and BWF to bring the World Championships back to India.
For anyone who attended the India Open and returned for the World Championships, the difference in the overall atmosphere is hard to miss. From the arrangements around the venue to the experience inside the arena, there has been a clear effort to make the event feel bigger and more suited to a tournament of this scale. Hosting a non-cricketing global event in India is never easy, but BAI has tried to make it work. If you are talking about badminton, the World Championship is the biggest event. So, if we can host that so well, we can host any other event very well. Yeah, he beat the world No. So, you can call it a mixed performance. We had a lot of expectations from Lakshya, but that’s part of the game. It happens; you cannot always win. So, fine. Now we still have quite a few players in contention. So, let’s hope for the best.
1, Shi Yuqi , in the first round. Because this is the biggest event, of course,.
When the draw ceremony took place, I said that he could do it, and he did. Today, we have three matches, and Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are in the quarter-finals.
Because no player, any coach, technical official, or BWF has raised even a single negative point so far, i think. If we talk about this tournament, I don’t see any such area right now. So, we are assuming that everything is good.
