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

In
the
U-17
women’s
singles
round
of
64
match,
Odisha
Open
Champion
Unnati
thrashed
Japan’s
Misato
Sasaki
21-11,
21-5
in
just
24
minutes.
Her
Japanese
counterpart
was
no
match
for
her.
Unnati
will
face
Indonesia’s
Dea
Nur
Fadilla
in
the
round
of
32
match
tomorrow.

In
the
other
U-17
women’s
singles
match,
Anmol
Kharb
won
both
her
matches
to
move
into
the
round
of
32.
First,
she
defeated
Singapore’s
Chujei
Jennifer
21-11,
21-14
before
getting
the
better
of
Wening
Sabrina
of
Indonesia
21-19,
21-10.
Anmol
will
next
play
against
Ratnacha
Sompoch
of
Thailand
on
Wednesday.

Sampriti
Pal
faced
a
tough
challenge
from
Keira
Indriyan
of
Indonesia
in
the
U-15
women’s
singles
round
of
128
match.
The
Indian
shuttler
won
the
first
game
21-12
but
lost
the
plot
in
the
second
game
to
lose
7-21
before
making
a
comeback
in
the
third
game
to
win
21-15
and
wrap
up
the
match
in
48
minutes.
She
will
square
off
against
Japan’s
Ria
Haga
in
the
next
round
on
Wednesday.

Jiya
Rawat
went
down
fighting
against
Peeraya
Wechawong
of
Thailand
in
the
U-17
women’s
singles
round
of
64
match
as
she
lost
11-21,
21-14
and
21-10.

In
the
U-15
men’s
singles
first
round
match,
three
Indian
shuttlers-
Abhinav
Garg,
Anish
Thoppani
and
Mohammad
Ali
Mir
won
their
respective
matches
and
moved
to
the
round
of
64.
While
Abhinav
and
Anish
won
in
three
games
against
Thailand’s
Chinnapat
Seangpan
and
Japan’s
Mahiro
Matsumoto
respectively,
Mohammad
defeated
Srilanka’s
Mihila
Jayaweeera
21-19-21-14.
All
three
of
them
will
play
their
next
match
on
Wednesday
(Nov.
30).

In
the
U-17
men’s
singles
section,
Dhruv
Negi
defeated
Singapore’s
Nge
Joo
Jin
21-19,
19-21,
21-17
in
a
close
match
that
lasted
43
minutes
while
Ansh
Negi
lost
20-22,
21-16,
12-21
against
Shota
Natsuka
of
Japan
in
the
round
of
64
stage.

Later
on
Tuesday
(Nov.
29),
2
more
Indians
will
be
in
action.

In
the
U-17
men’s
singles
section,
Neer
Nehwal
will
play
against
Zi
Shun
Kat
of
Singapore
while
Bornil
Aakash
Changmai
and
Shantipriya
Hazarika
will
also
be
playing
their
U-15
mixed
doubles
round
of
64
match.

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