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India stumbled a bit in the singles and doubles events of the ongoing Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Thursday, July 4. Over 13 shuttlers from the country were in action but only seven registered victories.
One of the day's biggest upsets was when women's singles star and seventh seed Navya Kanderi lost to Niina Matsuta. Kanderi is ranked 15th in the BWF World Junior Rankings, while Matsuta is the World Junior No. 131. The Indian suffered a 14-21, 6-21 loss against her Japanese counterpart.
Her compatriot Tanvi Sharma moved past China's Xu Teng Ti in straight games, while Adarshini Shri Boopathi Balaji suffered a loss to Malaysian top seed Siti Zulaikha.
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In the men's singles event of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Pranay Shettigar narrowly escaped a loss. The Indian fifth seed and World Junior No. 6 was up against the unseeded World Junior No. 89, Indonesia's Bismo Raya Oktora, and was pushed to the full distance before disposing of his opponent.
Badminton Asia Junior Championships (Individual): Full results from day two (India Only)
Full results from day two of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships:
Men's Singles Round of 32
Pranauv Ram Nagalinga (India) beat Rizki Dwi Cahyo (Indonesia) 21-10, 21-8
Richie Duta Richardo (Indonesia) beat Rounak Chauhan (India) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15
Dhruv Negi (India) beat Jung Yi Soo (South Korea) 21-19, 2-20
Pranay Shettigar (India) beat Bismo Raya Oktora (Indonesia) 21-10, 18-21, 23-21
Men's Doubles Round of 32
Bhargav Ram Arigela/Viswa Tej Gobburu (India) beat Awan Usman/Chung Ching Cyrus (Hong Kong) 21-15, 23-21
Arsh Mohammad/Sanskar Saraswat (India) won by walkover against Chen Yong Rui/Chen Zhe Han (China)
Women's Singles
Tanvi Sharma (India) beat Xu Teng Ti (China) 21-11, 21-18
Niina Matsuta (Japan) beat Navya Kanderi (India) 21-14, 21-6
Siti Zulaikha (Malaysia) beat Adarshini Shri Boopathi Balaji (India) 21-15, 21-12
Mixed Doubles Round of 32
Taufik Aderya/Clairine Yustin Mulia (Indonesia) beat Vansh Dev/Shravani Walekar (India) 21-12, 14-21, 21-11
Hung Bing Fu/Chou Yun An (Chinese Taipei) beat Bhargav Ram Arigela/Vennala Kalagotla (India) 22-20, 21-11
Women's Doubles Round of 32
Navya Kanderi/Reshika Uthayasooriyan (India) beat Alissa Kuleshova/Diana Namenova (Kazakhstan) 21-8, 21-5
Naphachanok Utsanon/Sabrina Sophita Wedler (Thailand) beat Gayatri Rawat/Mansa Rawat (India) 17-21, 21-7, 21-10
