New Delhi, July 1 (Petra) – India finally beat mighty Malaysia 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the Asian Junior Mixed Badminton Championships on Monday.
The Indians will now participate in individual tournaments starting Wednesday.
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India made another change to the mixed pairs for the quarter-finals, pairing Sanskar Saraswat with Shravani Walekar.
The duo gave the team the lead with a 21-16, 13-21, 21-17 victory over Kang Khai Shing and Norakilha Maesarah.
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Tanvi Sharma, the senior national runner-up, then doubled India's lead by beating Siti Zulekha 21-15, 15-21, 22-20 in the women's singles.
It looked like India were on course for a surprise win when Pranay Shettigar scored the opener against Mohammad Faiq.
However, he could not maintain his momentum and lost 15-21, 21-18, 21-19 in one hour and six minutes and then Malaysia took advantage of the opportunity.
Walikar and Navya Kandere lost 16-21, 15-21 to Bui Ong Chin Yi and Carmen Teng.
In the deciding men's doubles match, the duo of Bhargav Ram Arigela/Arsh Mohammed lost to Kang and Aaron Tai with a score of 18-21, 10-21.
Talking about the team's performance, Badminton Federation of India (BFI) Secretary Sanjay Mishra said, “I am very happy with the way the team fought and almost won a medal.
“Some of these young people are participating in such a competition for the first time, but they don't show any nervousness.”
Results (quarter-finals):
India lost to Malaysia 2-3: (Sanskar Saraswat/Shravani Walikar beat Kang Khai Shing/Norajilha Misra 21-16, 13-21, 21-17; Tanvi Sharma beat Siti Zulekha 21-15, 15- 21, 22-20); Pranay Chettigar lost to Muhammad Faiq 21-15, 18-21, 19-21; Navya Kanderi/Shravani Walikar lost to Bui Ong Chin Yee/Carmen Teng 16-21, 15-21; Bhargav Ram Arigela/Arsh Muhammad lost to Kang Khai Shing/Aaron Tai 18-21, 10-21.
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