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| Indian badminton in 2025: Sen, Satwik-Chirag deliver highs as youth offer hope in transition | | |
New Delhi, Dec 28: Indian badminton navigated a difficult 2025 marked by injuries and uneven top-level performances, but Lakshya Sen's title win, a World Championships medal from Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and encouraging strides by the next generation offered measured optimism in a transitional season.
The year often felt more like one of reassessment than consolidation, with established names struggling for consistency as fitness setbacks disrupted preparation and rhythm across the calendar.
Against that backdrop, Sen's triumph at the Australian Open Super 500 emerged as the most significant individual achievement of the season. The title marked a return to form after a difficult period following his fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics. He also came close to adding another trophy but couldn't cross the final frontier, finishing runner-up at the Hong Kong Open. In an otherwise stop-start year, Satwik and Chirag reaffirmed their status as India's premier doubles pair despite battling injury and illness early in the season.
The duo claimed a bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris, reached the finals of the Hong Kong Open and China Masters, and ended the year on a positive note by becoming the first Indian men's doubles pair to reach the knockout stage of the BWF World Tour Finals.
For former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, the season offered glimpses of a revival but there was no silverware. He rolled back the years with runner-up finishes at the Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International, falling just short in his bid to end a prolonged title drought. |
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