Tanvi Patri reaches final; Gnana Dattu wins bronze in U15, U17 Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2024
(Courtesy : BAI)
Patri defeated Kakanik of Thailand to reach U-15 girls singles final.
India’s top junior badminton stars Tanvi Patri registered a dominating win over Thailand’s Kungkaew Kakanik to reach the u-15 girls singles final at the U-17 & U15 Badminton Asia junior championships in Chengdu, China, on Saturday.
Patri, seeded no. 1 in girls u-15 category, was made to work hard in the opening game by sixth seed Kakanik of Thailand but ultimately breezed through to a 21-19, 21-10 win in just 31 minutes.
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She will now face second seed Nguyen Thi Thu Huygen of Vietnam, who got the better of China’s Liu Yu Tong 21-18, 17-21, 21-19 in the other semifinal.
Samiya Imad Farooqui had won the u-15 girls singles crown in 2017 and Tasnim Mir was victorious in the same category in 2019.
However, there was a heart-break for Gnana Dattu TT in the u-17 boys singles as he went down against Indonesia’s Radithya Bayu Wardhana in three games and will come home with a bronze medal.
Gnana Dattu started aggressively against Radithya and looked on course to book a final spot when he easily grabbed the opening game. But the Indian lost momentum and also needed a medical time out as he went down 9-21, 21-13, 21-13.
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In the last edition of the championships, India had won the gold medal in the boy’s u-15 singles category and a silver in u-17 girls singles.
Results:
- U-15 Girls singles: 1-Tanvi Patri (Ind) bt Kungkaew Kakanik (Tha) 21-19, 21-10
- U-17 Boys singles: 2-Gnana Dattu TT lost to Radithya Bayu Wardhana (Ina) 9-21, 21-13, 21-13
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