India’s Orleans Masters 2026 badminton campaign got here to an finish after each Tanvi Sharma and Isharani Baruah misplaced their respective girls’s singles semi-final matches on the Palais des Sports in France on Saturday.
World Junior Championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma, thirty eighth in the ladies’s singles badminton rankings, misplaced to world No. 20 and Olympic bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-9, 21-16 in 35 minutes.
The 17-year-old Indian badminton player failed to seek out her rhythm in the opening sport, trailing 11-6 on the interval and managed simply three extra factors thereafter, as Nozomi Okuhara comfortably sealed the opener.
The second sport started on a much more even footing with Tanvi Sharma matching Nozomi Okuhara level for level to be locked at 12-all. However, Okuhara quickly shifted gears, breaking away to seal the sport and e-book her place in the semi-finals.
This was the second time that Tanvi Sharma had certified for the semi-finals of a BWF Super 300 event.
At the 2025 US Open BWF Super 300 meet, she completed as a runner-up, turning into the youngest Indian girl to succeed in a BWF World Tour remaining on the age of 16.
India’s Isharani Baruah additionally exited the Orleans Masters girls’s singles after taking place 21-12, 23-21 towards world No. 27 Pitchamon Opatniputh of Thailand in the semi-finals.
World No. 52 Isharani Baruah struggled to get a foothold in the primary sport as Pitchamon Opatniputh dominated from the begin to end to wrap up the opener with out a lot resistance.
The second sport noticed Isharani Baruah surge to a 10-5 lead earlier than Pitchamon Opatniputh fought again with a string of factors to maneuver right into a 13-10 lead.
However, Isharani Baruah managed to take the sport right down to the wire and even saved a match level to push the competition right into a tie-breaker earlier than finally falling brief.
