# Simran Singhi makes World Championships debut at home in Delhi 2026-08-18T01:51:32+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Simran Singhi will make her Badminton World Championships debut at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Monday, fulfilling a childhood dream. The 24-year-old, who will partner Kavipriya Selvam in women's doubles, faces the Spanish pair of Nikol Carulla and Carmen Jimenez in the opening round. 'It's incredible to make my World Championships debut, and it's even more special that it's happening in India,' she told Sportstar. Singhi's journey to the world stage has been marked by setbacks. After winning the National Under-13 singles title three years in a row, her form faded as training partners moved away. She shifted to a Thane academy, enduring four to five hours of daily travel while balancing school, leading to doubts about her future in the sport. A switch to doubles revived her career. Singhi said she will miss Manoj Ramachandran, her childhood mentor who died last year and whom she called her 'second father'. Singhi grew up in Mumbai's Goregaon neighbourhood alongside international players Shlok Ramachandran and Chirag Shetty. She discovered badminton by chance at a summer sports camp. Her mother and extended family from New Delhi will be in the stands to watch her debut. ## Coverage - sportstar.thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Badminton World Championships, Kavipriya Selvam, New Delhi, Simran Singhi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/simran-singhi-makes-world-championships-debut-at-home-in-delhi/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/simran-singhi-makes-world-championships-debut-at-home-in-delhi/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/