New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Top seed Unnati Hooda began her marketing campaign in a dominating vogue as seven Indians gained their matches on the Badminton Asia U-17U-15 Junior Championships 2022, in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Tuesday.
In the U-17 girls’s singles spherical of 64 match, Odisha Open Champion Unnati thrashed Japan’s Misato Sasaki 21-11, 21-5 in 24 minutes. Her Japanese counterpart was no match for her. Unnati will face Indonesia’s Dea Nur Fadilla within the spherical of 32 match tomorrow, a Badminton Association of India (BAI) launch mentioned.
In the opposite U-17 girls’s singles match, Anmol Kharb gained each her contests to maneuver into the spherical of 32. She defeated Singapore’s Chujei Jennifer 21-11, 21-14 earlier than getting the higher of Wening Sabrina of Indonesia 21-19, 21-10. Anmol will subsequent play in opposition to Ratnacha Sompoch of Thailand tomorrow.
Sampriti Pal confronted a troublesome problem from Keira Indriyan of Indonesia within the U-15 girls’s singles spherical of 128 match. The Indian shuttler gained the primary sport 21-12 however misplaced the plot within the second sport to lose 7-21 earlier than making a comeback within the third sport to win 21-15 and wrap up the match in 48 minutes. She will sq. off in opposition to Japan’s Ria Haga within the subsequent spherical on Wednesday.
Jiya Rawat went down preventing in opposition to Peeraya Wechawong of Thailand within the U-17 girls’s singles spherical of 64 match as she misplaced 11-21, 21-14 and 21-10.
In the U-15 males’s singles first-round match, three Indian shuttlers- Abhinav Garg, Anish Thoppani and Mohammad Ali Mir gained their respective matches and moved to the spherical of 64.
While Abhinav and Anish gained in three video games in opposition to 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 subsequent match tomorrow.
In the U-17 males’s singles part, Dhruv Negi defeated Singapore’s Nge Joo Jin 21-19, 19-21, 21-17 in an in depth match that lasted 43 minutes whereas Ansh Negi misplaced 20-22, 21-16, 12-21 in opposition to Shota Natsuka of Japan within the spherical of 64 stage.
Later right now, two extra Indians can be in motion. In the U-17 males’s singles part, Neer Nehwal will play in opposition to Zi Shun Kat of Singapore whereas Bornil Aakash Changmai and Shantipriya Hazarika may even be enjoying their U-15 combined doubles spherical of 64 match. (ANI)