Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2022: India’s Dhruv, Unnati and Anmol advance to pre-quarters

Unnati
wrapped
up
the
match
21-7,
21-11
against
the
Indonesian
shuttler
Dea
Nur
Fadilla.
Haryana-born
Anmol
too
secured
a
confident
21-12,
21-19
win
over
Thailand’s
Ratnacha
Sompoch.

Neer
Nehwal
was
the
lone
Indian
shuttler
to
end
up
on
the
losing
side
in
the
U-17
category.
He
gave
his
all
before
conceding
a
21-11,
9-21,
19-21
loss
to
Japan’s
Kazuma
Kawano
in
the
hard-fought
men’s
singles
round-of-32
contest.

Badminton
Asia
Junior
Championships
2022:
Unnati
Hooda
starts
on
winning
note
as
seven
Indian
shuttlers
win

In
the
U-15
singles,
Mohammad
Ali
Mir,
Ishita
Negi
and
three
other
Indians
progressed
into
the
round-of-32
on
the
second
day
of
the
tournament.

Mohammad
Ali
and
Gnana
Dattu
secured
easy
straight
sets
victories
against
Thailand’s
Paramat
Pumleng
and
Hong
Kong’s
Cheung
Sai
Shing
by
21-16,
21-18
and
21-11,
21-13
respectively
in
the
men’s
category.

Anish
Thoppani,
on
the
other
hand,
recovered
well
in
time
after
losing
the
second
set
to
finish
the
match
in
his
favour
by
21-14,
18-21,
23-21
against
ninth-seed
Maharishiel
Gain
of
Indonesia.

Among
women,
fifth-seeded
Ishita
thrashed
Lada
Na
Nakorn
of
Thailand
by
21-9,
21-12
whereas
Sampriti
Pal
outperformed
Japan’s
Ria
Haga
in
a
21-16,
21-16
win.

Abhinav
Garg,
Suhasi
Verma
and
Tanvi
Sharma
suffered
defeats
in
the
U-15
section.

Meanwhile
in
the
U-15
men’s
doubles
opening
round
match,
India
duo
of
Bjorn
Jaison
and
Aathish
Sreenivas
PV
beat
Sri
Lanka’s
Mihila
Jayaweera
and
Janeesha
Sethuhewa
by
21-18,
21-17.

The
prestigious
continental
event,
which
is
being
conducted
after
two
years
following
the
pandemic,
will
go
on
till
December
4.

Source:
BAI
Release