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Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto Advance to Round of 16 at Badminton World Championships

India’s mixed doubles team of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto advanced to the round of 16 at the Badminton World Championships after a straight‑games victory over the Macao pair.

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Key Points

5 points
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Defeated Macao pair 21‑11, 21‑11

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Advanced to round of 16

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Seeded 15th in the tournament

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Next match against Chinese sixth‑seeded team

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Only Indian mixed doubles pair remaining

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Summary

The Indian duo, seeded 15th, won 21‑11, 21‑11 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.

They are now the sole Indian representatives in mixed doubles after other Indian pairs were eliminated.

Their next opponents will be the sixth‑seeded Chinese team of Guo Xin Wa and Chen Fang Hui.

Dhruv and Tanisha previously won the 2023 Odisha Masters and were runners‑up at the 2024 Syed Modi International, reaching a career‑best world ranking of No. 15 in May 2025.

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New Words to Learn

7 words
mixed doubles
A badminton event where each side has one male and one female player
round of 16
The tournament stage with sixteen remaining teams
seeded
A pre‑tournament ranking that influences match pairings
straight‑games
Winning the match without dropping a game
Indira Gandhi Sports Complex
A major sports arena in India where the matches were played
runners‑up
The team that finishes in second place
career‑best
The highest position a player has ever reached in world rankings
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