Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 12 (ANI): Riding excessive on their historic bronze medal end within the combined group occasion, the Indian contingent will now look to hold that momentum into the person occasions of the BWF World Junior Championships that get underway on the National Centre of Excellence on Monday.
India secured their first-ever combined group bronze medal by beating former champions Korea within the quarterfinals earlier this week, and the 25-member contingent is now gearing as much as construct on that momentum with the intention of securing as many medals as doable within the particular person occasions, as per a launch from BAI.
India’s finest efficiency within the BWF World Juniors got here 17 years in the past in Pune when Saina Nehwal grabbed the ladies’ singles gold whereas RMV Guru Sai Dutt clinched the bronze medal in boys’ singles. So far, India has gained a complete of 11 particular person medals within the competitors’s historical past, together with 4 silver medals.
This version of women’ singles will likely be India’s finest probability so as to add one other gold medal to their tally, with junior world primary Tanvi Sharma and China Open quarterfinalist Unnati Hooda main the cost. Both gamers have been positioned in several halves of the draw, elevating hopes of a doable all-Indian ultimate.
Tanvi, the Asian U-19 bronze medallist, has a bye within the opening spherical, and a possible quarterfinal conflict in opposition to Indonesian seventh seed Thalita Wiryawan may very well be her first large check within the marketing campaign. Unnati, seeded eighth, is more likely to kick off her marketing campaign within the second spherical in opposition to Hong Kong’s Liu Hoi Kiu Anna and a possible final eight conflict in opposition to second seed Anyapat Phichitpreechasak of Thailand.
India’s different Asian U-19 bronze medallist Vennala Okay and world quantity 41 Rakshita Sree have been positioned in the identical quarter however must come via just a few robust matches to face an opportunity of reaching the final 4 stage. Rakshita could face fourth seed Ranithma Liyanage of Sri Lanka within the pre-quarters, whereas Vennala must overcome her Asian U-19 semifinal conqueror Liu Si Ya of China on the identical stage.
The boy’s singles contingent may have a more durable highway to the medal rounds, with Lalthazuala Hmar more likely to face world junior primary and high seed Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah of Indonesia within the spherical of 32, whereas eleventh seed Rounak Chouhan faces a tough check in opposition to China’s Li Zhi Hang on the identical stage.
Meanwhile, compatriots Gnana Dattu TT and fifteenth seed Suryaksh Rawat are more likely to conflict in opposition to one another within the third spherical.
In the paired occasions, the previous junior world primary boys’ doubles mixture of Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Andrej Macek and Andrej Suchy of Slovenia. The sixth-seeded Indian pairing is more likely to face reigning Asian Junior Champions Chen Jun Ting and Liu Jun Rong of China within the final eight stage.
Meanwhile, Bhavya Chhabra and Sumith A R open their marketing campaign in opposition to Philip Kryger Boe, nephew of former Danish doubles specialist Mathias Boe, and his companion Salomon Thomasen within the spherical of 64. Vishnu Kode and Mithilesh P. Krishnan have a troublesome encounter in opposition to the seventh-seeded French duo of Thibault Gardon and Mady Sow on the identical stage of the competitors.
Even the ladies’ doubles contingent should navigate a troublesome draw to achieve the later phases. Vennala Okay and Reshika U are set to tackle a tough Japanese mixture within the spherical of 32, whereas Gayatri and Mansa Rawat face tough opponents from China in the identical spherical. Meanwhile, Angel Punera and Aanya Bisht could come up in opposition to the fifth-seeded Korean pair Cheon Hye In and Moon Seo within the pre-quarterfinals.
In combined doubles, C Lalramsanga and Taarini Suri, together with Bhavya Chhabra and Vishakha Toppo, will likely be hoping to punch above their weight.
Lalramsanga and Taarini, who reached the ultimate of the Junior Grand Prix in Pune earlier this yr, are more likely to face Japanese eighth seed Shuji Sawada and Aoi Banno within the third spherical, whereas 14th seed Bhavya and Vishakha must overcome the third-seeded French pair of Thibault Gardon and Agathe Cuevas within the pre-quarterfinals and the sixth-seeded Thai mixture of Pannawat Jamtubim and Kodchaporn Chaichana within the final eight spherical to be in medal competition. (ANI)