Lakshya, Diksha, Jagsher shine at Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Championships

Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar reached the pre-quarterfinals within the women’ singles with contrasting wins whereas Jagsher Singh Khangurra made the identical stage within the boys’ occasion on day two of the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Championships, right here.

In the U-17 women’ singles, Lakshya eased previous Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, whereas Diksha produced a robust comeback to beat China’s Luo Ya Ru 17-21, 21-16, 21-11 in her match on Wednesday.

Among the boys, Jagsher impressed with a commanding 21-14, 21-17 victory over China’s Zhang Yu Feng..

India’s doubles contingent additionally regarded sharp..

The women’ doubles pair Deepak Raj Aditi and P. Vriddhi overcame Malaysia’s Sue Mei Teoh/Zi Qing Wan 22-20, 21-12, whereas the U-15 combined duo Hemanth Sri Sammetla and Sharayu Ranjane cruised previous fifth seed Singapore pairing Ng Yu Ze/Loo Kit Rei Chara 21-9, 21-11 to maneuver into the Round of 16.

Anvi Rathore, Wazir Singh, and SL Dhakshan Sugumaran continued their successful begin to the event, joined by the top-seeded women’ singles participant, Shaina Manimuthu, who registered a 21-6, 21-10 victory in opposition to Malaysia’s Jing Er Tan.

India had received a gold and a bronze in 2024, and one gold, one silver, and one bronze in 2023, with each editions going down in Chengdu.

A 36-member squad is preventing for silverware throughout two age classes this time round.