French Open: Ashmita Stuns Yamaguchi in 37 Minutes, Joins PV Sindhu in Last Eight
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French Open: Asmita Chaliha Pulls off Her Biggest Career Win; Stuns World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Ashmita Chaliha registered the biggest victory of her career on Thursday, stunning three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the second round of the French Open 2026 badminton tournament. Sports News | French Open: Asmita Chaliha Pulls off Her Biggest Career Win; Stuns World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi .
French Open: Asmita Chaliha pulls off her biggest career win; stuns World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi - The Tribune
Ashmita Chaliha registered the biggest victory of her career on Thursday, stunning three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the second round of the French Open 2026 badminton tournament.
[OSEN=Reporter Ko Seong-hwan] Akane Yamaguchi (29, World No. 2), the "pride of Japanese badminton," suffered a shocking elimination. After losing all her recent fierce matches against Se-young An (24, Samsung Life), she did not even get the chance to face An this time. On the 22nd (Korean time), Yamaguchi [was] in the women's singles 16 of the 2026 BWF World Tour French Open held at the Arena Grand Paris in Paris, France.
French Open: Ashmita Chaliha stuns World No. 2 Yamaguchi, joins PV Sindhu in quarters
Ashmita Chaliha stunned world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi to reach the French Open quarter-finals. Later in the day, PV Sindhu booked her place in the last-eight round of the Super 750 tournament.
French Open: Ashmita stuns Yamaguchi in 37 minutes, joins PV Sindhu in last eight
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha secured their spots in the women's singles quarterfinals of the French Open badminton tournament on Thursday. While Chaliha upset world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi, Sindhu defeated Riko Gunji. However, Ayush Shetty and Tanvi Sharma exited the tournament in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches.
Ashmita Chaliha stuns world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi to reach French Open quarters
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha sailed into the women’s singles quarterfinals with straight-game wins over Japan’s Riko Gunji and Akane Yamaguchi, respectively, at the USD 950,000 French Open badminton tournament here on Thursday. Unseeded Ashmita was the star of the day, upsetting world No. 2 and third seed Yamaguchi 21-19 21-18 in a second-round match that lasted 37 minutes. Sindhu then prevailed ov…
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