Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale are India’s sole representatives in the women’s doubles draw at the 2026 Asian Games. Seeded eighth, the Indian pair face a challenging opening-round test against Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva.
The draw places the Indians in the same quarter as third seeds Jiang Xinyu and Yang Zhaoxuan of China. A potential semifinal could bring them up against the second seeds, Hsieh Su-Wei and Liang En-Shuo of Chinese Taipei, if both pairs advance.
The route to the final
Round 1: Raina and Bhosale open against Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Yulia Putintseva. This is a difficult first-round assignment, with Danilina an established doubles specialist and Putintseva a former top-level singles player.
Round 2: A potential next-round matchup is against Thailand’s Anchisa Chanta and Peangtarn Plipuech, or Tajikistan’s Sayora Rajabieva and Anastasia Tursunova.
Quarter-final (for a medal): The likely seeded opposition in this section is third seeds Jiang Xinyu and Yang Zhaoxuan of China. Other teams in this part of the draw include Hong Kong’s Lai Ching Lam and Liu Kallista, and the Philippines’ Eala Alexandra and Shaira Hope Rivera.
Semi-final: A potential semifinal opponent could be second seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Liang En-Shuo of Chinese Taipei. Seventh seeds Kobori Momoko and Shimizu Ayano of Japan are also in this section.
Final : If Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale reach the final, they could face the winners from the opposite half of the draw, led by top seeds Guo Hanyu and Zhang Shuai of China. Other seeded contenders in that half include fifth seeds Chan Hao-Ching and Wu Fang-Hsien, fourth seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, and sixth seeds Eudice Chong and Cody Wong.
