India produced another clinical performance against Sri Lanka in their Group H clash to inch closer to the knockout stages of the mixed team event of the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships.
World Junior C'ships: India storm into quarters with clinical win over UAE
Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy will represent India in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and the young shuttlers said they would settle for nothing less than a gold in the inaugural edition of mega-event starting on August 13.
Saina Nehwal beat third seed Shixian Wang of China 22-20, 21-12 in the semi-finals of the girls' singles. However, another Indian, fifth seed Gurusaidutt's lost to third seed Zhengming Wang of China 16-21, 21-17, 17-21 in the semi-finals of the boys' singles.
India's Saina Nehwal and RMV Gurusaidutt notched contrasting victories to advance to the singles semi-finals at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Pune on Friday. Top-seed Saina prevailed over Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia 21-13, 21-13 in just 30 minutes, while fifth-seed Gurusaidutt stunned second-seed Korean Sung Min Park 21-16, 14-21, 21-19 in a 53-minute battle.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior Badminton Championship after a straight games victory in the final in Pune on Sunday. The top seed got the better of her ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato 21-9, 21-18 in a match that lasted just 25 minutes.
She lost to top seed Wang Yihan in the final at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
The Indian ace beat Bae Youn Joo of Korea in the semi-finals of the World Junior Badminton Championships.
The India ace proved too good for Jie Liu of China into the girls' singles semi-finals at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
The Indian ace proved too good for Soo Young Jang of Korea at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
Sankar's father Subramanian encouraged him to drop out of the schooling system at an early age and pushed him to play in the upper age groups and senior circuits.
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