India’s Tanvi Sharma lost to second seed Anyapat Phichitpreechasak of Thailand in the girls’ singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 in Guwahati on Sunday. Phichitpreechasak outclassed Tanvi in straight games, winning the summit clash 7-15, 12-15. In their only previous meeting, Tanvi had bettered Phichitpreechasak, at the Asian U-17 Junior Championships in…
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…
Over the past week at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, camaraderie, cheerleading, and team spirit were in focus as 32 nations competed for the Suhandinata Cup. From Monday, it is every player and pair for themselves as the individual leg of the BWF World Junior Championships gets underway. Indians are high on confidence…
Tanvi Sharma continued her recent impressive run, winning bronze at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Saturday, along with Vennala Kalagotla, as India returned with two individual medals for women in the event for the first time ever. Tanvi and Vennala, the last two remaining Indians in the fray, went down fighting to their respective…