BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Saba Shaikh’s tournament lasted 21 minutes, beginning with a 7:58 pm start in the women’s doubles draw at Navelim. Seeded fourth alongside an unnamed partner, she faced fifth seeds Anar Singbal and Neha Sahakari in the opening round of the BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026.

The match ended 15-11, 15-9 against Shaikh’s side. The pair won 20 points to their opponents’ 30 and never reached a deciding game. Rally detail covers this one completed match, with Shaikh’s side winning 20 of the 50 recorded rallies. Their strongest split came on receive, where they won 13 of 29 rallies, compared with seven of 21 on serve.

The pattern became more difficult after the intervals: the side won three of nine recorded rallies before them but only one of nine afterward. That contrast is the clearest statistical shift in the match, while a six-rally opponent streak was twice the length of Shaikh’s side’s best streak of three. The second game also included the dossier’s longest recorded gap, 92 seconds from 0-0.

There was no extended tournament schedule to manage—no rest gap between matches is recorded because this was Shaikh’s only appearance. Her campaign therefore ended in the first round, with the fourth-seeded women’s doubles pair collecting 20 points across two games.