Tanvi Sharma ensured that an Indian girl will stand on the podium at the BWF World Junior Championships after 17 years as she defeated Japan’s Saki Matsumoto 13-15, 15-9, 15-10 in the quarterfinals in Guwahati on Friday, thus confirming at least a bronze medal. Coincidentally, the last time an Indian girl won a medal at…
Tanvi Sharma made a backhand return and stepped forward, only to watch China’s Sun Li Yuan lift the shuttle and send it past the Indian towards the end of the second game. It was the only moment where the home-favourite was caught off-guard in an otherwise clinical 15-8, 15-5 victory in the round of 16…
Riyan Malhan fought as well as he could but the top-seeded Indonesian Mohammad Zaki Ubaidillah was far superior and finished with a routine 15-9, 15-6 win in the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati on Thursday. Fifteen-year-old Malhan was the youngest amongst the 16 boys fighting for a spot in the quarterfinals….