The Two young Indian girls recorded dominating victories in the U-15 women’s singles semi-finals.While, top-seeded Tasnim thrashed Japan’s Sora Ishioka 21-16, 21-11, Tara also beat her Japanese opponent Kazune Iwato 21-18, 21-14 in straight sets on Saturday.
Earlier in the quarter-finals played in the morning, both Tasnim and Tara claimed easy wins against Japan’s Maya Taguchi and Mei Sudo respectively. Gujarat girl Tasnim won the match 21-11, 21-13 while Pune’s Tara registered 21-11, 21-17 win.
However, apart from Tasnim and Tara, other Indian shuttlers could not manage to progress. In the boy's U-15 singles quarter-finals, top-seeded Tanmoy Boruah and Ankit Mondal suffered defeats. While, Tanmoy went down 21-12, 21-12 against local boy Indonesia’s fifth-seed Alwi Farhan, Ankit lost to Malaysia’s Low Han Chen 21-12, 21-13.
In the girls doubles category, Pranavi Natarajan and Sarumathi Venkatesh lost their U-17 quarter-finals match 21-18, 21-19 against Indonesian pair of Meilysa Trisas Puspita Sari and Rachel Allessya Rose while, in U-15 Ganabadha Karthikeyan and Sania Sikkandar went down fighting 21-19, 19-21, 21-16 against Korea’s Yeon Ju Oh and Seul Park.
In the boys double U-15 quarter-finals, Tanmoy and Lakshay Sharma lost to Chinese Taipei pair of Lai Po Yu and Tsai Fu Cheng 21-15, 21-10 while, Lokesh Reddy and Ankit suffered 21-17, 21-13 defeat against Japan’s Yudai Okimoto and Daigo Tanioka.
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BADMINTON: TASNIM MIR, TARA SHARMA IN FINALS AT THE ASIAN U-17 AND U-15 JR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Special Correspondent - 2019-12-14 17:54
Surabaya: Tasnim Mir will take on compatriot Tara Shah for gold medal in the all-Indian final at the Asian U-15 Junior Badminton Championships in Surabaya, Indonesia,on Sunday.