BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Rafael Anacleto De Ataide needed three wins to turn a five-player field into a title, and the unseeded entrant completed the job at the BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026 in Navelim.

The draw began with three byes, leaving only Arjun Pednekar and Rafael Anacleto De Ataide to play the quarterfinal scheduled for 9 Aug 2026 at 10:00 am. Rafael won 2–0, taking all 30 recorded points to Arjun’s four in a nine-minute match. Divyam Singh, Angad Sawaikar and Pranav Dhargalkar advanced through the other first-round places without contests.

The semifinals cut the field to two. Divyam beat Angad 2–0, 30–19, while Rafael beat Pranav 2–0, 30–7. Both matches lasted 15 minutes, but the semifinal routes were not symmetrical: Divyam’s match carried the larger points total and Rafael’s margin was the widest.

The final was the event’s defining match. Rafael defeated Divyam 2–1, with the sides separated by only eight points across 76 recorded points. It lasted 25 minutes—the longest match of the draw—and was the only decider. Rafael also overcame a two-point deficit and won that deciding game, completing a 6–1 games record across 49 minutes on court.

The shape of the draw made Rafael’s path unusual: three of the four opening-round slots were byes, so the eventual champion’s first opponent was the only quarterfinal played. After that, the tournament’s most competitive contest came at the end, where Divyam reached a deciding game before Rafael closed the unseeded run with the title.