Badminton World Junior Championships: Tara Shah, Ayush Shetty extend winning streak
Tara Shah and Ayush Shetty extend their winning streak, advancing to the round of 16 while Unnati Hooda bowed out in round-of-32 of the Badminton World Junior Championships.
SPOKANE: Tara Shah and Ayush Shetty extend their winning streak, advancing to the round of 16 while Unnati Hooda bowed out in round-of-32 of the Badminton World Junior Championships. In the girls’ singles match, Tara, the third seed in the tournament, secured a hard-fought victory against Canada’s Alena Yu with scores of 23-21, 21-16 in a closely contested battle that lasted 30 minutes. In the boys’ singles section, Ayush faced a formidable challenge from Indonesia’s Muhammad Reza Al Fajri. Although, Muhammad staged a strong comeback after losing the first game, Ayush showed great composure and ultimately clinched the tie 21-14, 13-21, 21-19. In the mixed doubles, the duo of Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Vaishnavi Khadkekar faced Singapore’s Nge Joo Jin and Xiao En Heng. Despite an initial setback, they staged a remarkable comeback and secured victory in the final game, with scores of 19-21, 21-10, 21-7. In the other mixed doubles tie, Samarveer and Radhika Sharma defeated Bryan Jeremy Goonting and Chan Wen Tse of Malaysia in straight games by 21-19, 21-18 in another close encounter. IANS
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