India’s Dhruv, Unnati and Anmol advance to pre-quarters of the Asia Junior Championships

New Delhi, Nov 30 : Young Indian shuttlers Dhruv Negi, Unnati Hooda and Anmol Kharb marched into the U-17 singles pre-quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships 2022 after registering contrasting victories in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Wednesday.

While fifth-seed Dhruv, who hails from Uttarakhand, fought hard against Thailands Panya Phutthiphraisakul during his 21-14, 17-21, 21-15 win in the mens category, top-seed Unnati and Anmol had easy outings in the womens section.

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 Thailands Ratnacha Sompoch.

Neer Nehwal was the lone Indian shuttler to end 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 Japans Kazuma Kawano in the hard-fought mens 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 Thailands Paramat Pumleng and Hong Kongs Cheung Sai Shing by 21-16, 21-18 and 21-11, 21-13 respectively in the mens category.

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 Japans 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 mens doubles opening round match, India duo of Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV beat Sri Lankas Mihila Jayaweera and Janeesha Sethuhewa by 21-18, 21-17.The prestigious continental event, which is being conducted after two years following the pandemic, will go on till December 4.inj #Indias #Dhruv #Unnati #Anmol #advance #quarters #Delhi #Uma #Sri #Ali #Delhi #New Delhi #Uttarakhand .