1 Kidambi Srikanth suffered a first-round exit at the Korea Masters 2026 badminton tournament, while rising star Tanvi Sharma advanced to the second round in Asan on Wednesday. Seeded third at the BWF Super 300 event, Srikanth lost 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel's Daniil Dubovenko in a hard-fought 50-minute men's singles match, as per Olympics.com. Rounak Chouhan, Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Saneeth Dayanand and Tharun Mannepalli also exited in the opening round, ending India's challenge in the men's singles competition. Ashmita Chaliha registered a straight-games 22-20, 21-18 victory over Japan's Ririna Hiramoto, while Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj recovered from a game down to defeat South Korea's A Yeon Yoo 22-24, 21-12, 21-13. Elsewhere, Dhruv Rawat and Maneesha K exited in the mixed doubles, while Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu bowed out in the men's doubles.