Newly-crowned Taipei Open champion Tanvi Sharma led a strong Indian showing in the women's singles, but former world championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth suffered an opening-round exit in men's singles as India endured a mixed day at the Korea Masters Super 300 badminton tournament here on Wednesday (August 5, 2026). In the men's singles, third seed Srikanth lost 20-22, 21-14, 12-21 to Israel's Daniil Dubovenko in a hard-fought opening-round contest. The defeat capped a disappointing day for the Indian men's singles contingent, with Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath, Tharun Mannepalli and Rounak Chouhan also making first-round exits. In the women's doubles, Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker recovered from a game down to beat Korea's Bang Ji Sun and Hyun Ji Jang 13-21, 21-15, 21-12. However, it was otherwise a disappointing day for the Indian doubles combinations.