Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2022: Unnati, Anish & doubles pair Arsh/Sanskar settle for silver

Unnati,
who
had
becomes
the
first
Indian
girls
singles
shuttler
to
reach
the
U-17
women’s
final,
went
down
fighting
against
Sarunrak
Vitidsarn
of
Thailand,

Meanwhile,
Anish
fell
short
against
Chinese
Taipei’s
Chung-Hsiang
Yih
in
the
men’s
final
and,
the
pair
of
Arsh/Sanskar
lost
to
Lai
Po-Yu/Yi-Hao
Lin
pair
of
Chinese
Taipei
in
the
doubles
finals.

All
three
Indian
finalists
were
a
game
down
and
won
second
game
to
take
their
respective
matches
to
the
deciding
game,
but
failed
to
convert
the
third
and
clinch
the
tie.

After
losing
first
game
18-21,
Unnati
dominated
next
game
21-9.
The
third
was
neck
to
neck
till
14-14
before
the
Thai
raced
to
victory,
clinching
the
decider
21-14.
The
match
ended
in
the
Thai’s
favour
21-18,
9-21,
21-14.

Meanwhile,
Anish
was
little
off-beat
at
the
start
and
his
opponent
from
Chinese
Taipei
took
full
advantage
of
that
to
win
the
first
game
21-8.

Anish,
however,
regrouped
in
the
second
game
to
force
a
decider.
He
was
always
seen
calming
himself
despite
tense
situations
and
that
yielded
result
as
he
pocketed
the
tougher
second
game
24-22.

The
decider
was
a
close
affair
but
errors
on
crucial
points
hurt
the
Indians
chances
as
he
went
down
21-19
in
the
final
game.

Earlier
on
Saturday
(December
3),
men’s
singles
shuttler
Gnana
Dattu
and
men’s
doubles
pair
Bjorn
Jaison
and
Aathish
Sreenivas
P.
V.
had
secured
bronze
medals
in
U-15
category
after
losing
their
respective
semifinal
matches.

Dattu
lost
to
Yih
of
Chinese
Taipei
21-16,
19-21,
21-13,
while
Jaison
and
Sreenivas
PV
impressive
run
was
cut
short
by
the
top-seeded
Indonesian
pair
of
Muhammad
Mubarrok
and
Raihan
Pramono
with
a
18-21,
14-21
win.

Source:
BAI
Release