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BWF World Tour Super: India's Maisnam Luwang Meiraba and Tushar Suveer made winning starts while Dhruv Negi made an early exit from the 2026 Baoji China Masters, the BWF World Tour Super 100 event that has a total purse of $120,000 and started at the Baoji City Gymnasium in Baoji, China, on Tuesday.

Meiraba defeated Erfan Majeed Hajibeigy of Malaysia 21-14. 21-14 and will next play Huang Ping-Hsien of Chinese Taipei in the Round of 16 on Wednesday. Tushar Suveer defeated Chang Han-Tsai of Chinese Taipei 21-17, 21-9. He set up a clash with third seed Richie Duta Richardo of Indonesia in what is the third edition of the event organised by the Chinese Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.

Dhruv Negi was the third Indian to take the court, losing to Sun Chao of China 13-21, 8-21 in a rather one-sided clash.