World junior badminton championships | Tanvi, Unnati and Gnana Dattu in quarterfinals

Tanvi Sharma made a backhand return and stepped ahead, solely to look at Sun Li Yuan elevate the shuttle and ship it previous the Indian in direction of the tip of the second recreation. It was the one second the place the house favorite was caught off-guard in an in any other case medical 15-8, 15-5 victory within the spherical of 16 of the World junior badminton championships in Guwahati on Thursday.

With Unnati Hooda and Tankara Gnana Dattu Talasila in singles, the blended doubles pair of Bhavya Chhabra and Vishakha Toppo, and the boys’ doubles duo of Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu additionally progressing, the host nation can affirm as many as 5 medals by successful Friday’s quarterfinals.

Top seed Tanvi confirmed no indicators of nerves in opposition to Sun, a Chinese participant who made her debut on the worldwide stage, and dictated the match from first to final level. She repeatedly pushed Sun to the again of the court docket earlier than ending the purpose with a drop shot. Tanvi will hope to make amends for final 12 months’s quarterfinal exit when she takes on Japan’s Saki Matsumoto.

Unnati overcame a 3-9 deficit within the opener to take down Malaysia’s Carine Tee 15-10, 15-7, a participant who relied solely on defence and an occasional drop shot.

However, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj went down 11-15, 9-15 to Sri Lanka’s Ranithma Liyanage in a bodily battle lasting 33 minutes.

Gnana Dattu survived a late cost from explosive American Garret Tan and transformed his fourth match level to safe a 15-12, 15-13 win. “I knew if I performed properly, I might come this far and now, I really feel extra motivated since I’m the one Indian left (in boys’ singles) and every part is on me,” stated the 17-year-old Hyderabadi.

Other outcomes (pre-quarterfinals, Indians solely): Mixed doubles: Bhavya Chhabra & Vishakha Toppo bt Thibault Gardon & Agathe Cuevas (Fra) 12-15, 15-11, 15-12.

Boys’ doubles: Bhargav Ram Arigela & Viswa Tej Gobburu bt Yi Hsuan Chen & Chun Yen Chu (Tpe) 13-15, 15-9, 15-13.

Girls’ doubles: Salsabila Zahra Aulia & Jania Novalita Situmorang (Ina) bt Vennala Kalagotla & Reshika Uthayasooriyan 14-16, 15-12, 15-8; Cheon Hye In & Moon In Seo (Kor) bt Aanya Bisht & Angel Punera 15-7, 15-8.