Badminton Asia Junior Championship Highlights: Unnati Hooda ENTERS pre-quarterfinal

Badminton Asia Junior Championship Highlights: No.1 seed Unnati Hooda has advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Championship on Wednesday, 30th November 2022. Unnati, who is competing in the U-17 Girls singles defeated Indonesia’s Dea Nur Fadilla in the Round of 32 in straight games. In the U-15 Girls Singles, Sampriti Pal and Ishita advance to the round of 32, while second seed Tanvi Sharma bowed out from the tournament. The tournament is being held at Nonthaburi, Thailand. Follow 2022 Badminton Asia Junior Championship LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

Badminton Asia Junior Championship Highlights: Unnati Hooda ENTERS pre-quarterfinal in U-17 Girls Singles, Anmol Kharb, Tankara Talasila advance in Asia Junior Championship – Watch Highlights

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Badminton Asia Junior Championship: Day 2 matches

U-17 Women’s singles

Unnati Hooda BEAT Dea Nur Fadilla – 21-7, 21-11

Anmol Kharb BEAT Ratnacha Sompoch – 21-12, 21-19

U-15 Women’s singles

Sampriti Pal BEAT Ria Haga – 21-12, 7-21, 21-15

Isha Negi BEAT Lada Na Nakorn – 21-9, 21-12

Suhasi Verma LOST TO Choe Eun Chae – 17-21, 13-21

Tanvi Sharma LOST TO Passa-Orn Phannachet – 8-21, 21-14, 15-21

Sampriti Pal LOST TO Nicharat CHARTWEERACHAISRI – 21-19,17-21, 18-21

Isha Negi LOST TO Bo Hye Kim – 21-15, 21-16

U-17 Men’s singles

Dhruv Negi BEAT Panya PHUTTHIPHRAISAKUL – 21-14, 17-21, 21-15

Neer Nehwal LOST TO Kazumo Kawano – 12-21, 17-21

U-15 Men’s singles

Mohammad Ali Mir BEAT Paramat Pumleng – 21-16, 21-18

Tankara Gnanan Talasila BEAT Cheung Sai Shing – 21-11, 21-13

Anish Thoppani BEAT Maharishiel Gain – 21-14, 18-21, 23-21

Abhinav Garg LOST TO Kim Tae Hyun – 21-14, 12-21, 14-21

Mohammad Ali Mir LOST TO Chung Hsiang Yih – 21-15, 10-21, 16-21

Tankara Gnanan Talasila BEAT Chia Yu Tsai – 21-3, 21-11

Anish Thoppani BEAT Punnatat PREMPUNPONG – 21-14, 13-21, 21-12

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Unnati wrapped up the match 21-7, 21-11 against the Indonesian shuttler Dea Nur Fadilla. Haryana-born Anmol too secured a confident 21-12, 21-19 win over Thailand’s Ratnacha Sompoch.

Neer Nehwal ended up on the losing side in the U-17 category. He gave his all before conceding a 21-11, 9-21, 19-21 loss to Japan’s Kazuma Kawano in the hard-fought men’s singles round-of-32 contest.

In the U-15 singles, Mohammad Ali Mir, Ishita Negi and three other Indians progressed into the round-of-32 on the second day of the tournament. Mohammad Ali and Gnana Dattu secured easy straight sets victories against Thailand’s Paramat Pumleng and Hong Kong’s Cheung Sai Shing by 21-16, 21-18 and 21-11, 21-13 respectively in the men’s category.

However Mohammad Ali Mir and Abhinav Garg lost in their second matches of the day and has bowed out of the tournament. Tankara Gnanan Talasila and Anish Thoppani are the only remaining Indians in fray in the U-15 Boys singles.

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Anish Thoppani, on the other hand, recovered well in time after losing the second set to finish the match in his favour by 21-14, 18-21, 23-21 against ninth-seed Maharishiel Gain of Indonesia.

Among women, fifth-seeded Ishita thrashed Lada Na Nakorn of Thailand by 21-9, 21-12 whereas Sampriti Pal outperformed Japan’s Ria Haga in a 21-16, 21-16 win. Abhinav Garg, Suhasi Verma and Tanvi Sharma suffered defeats in the U-15 section.

Meanwhile, in the U-15 men’s doubles opening round match, India duo of Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV beat Sri Lanka’s Mihila Jayaweera and Janeesha Sethuhewa by 21-18, 21-17.