Indian shuttler S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian registered a snug win to enter the lads’s singles quarterfinals of BWF World Junior Championships 2022 however compatriot Unnati Hooda crashed out of the event, right here on Thursday.
S Sankar beat Thailand’s Nachakorn Pusri 21-10, 21-12 in spherical of 16 to maintain India’s medal hopes alive within the competitors. The fourth-seeded Indian will face China’s Hu Zhe An, who beat countryman Wang Zi Jun 21-16, 21-19 in his pre-quarter last conflict.
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Nevertheless, the 14-year-old Unnati misplaced to Japan’s Hina Akechi 17-21, 21-12, 18-21 in a well-contested — an hour and a couple of minutes lengthy — spherical of 16 conflict.
Hooda, world No 5 within the junior badminton rankings and the fifth seed within the event, struggled to learn Hina Akechi’s artful drop pictures early within the first recreation and fell behind 11-7 early. Nevertheless, she recovered and managed to attract degree quickly. The sport was tight proper until the top however Akechi discovered an additional gear proper on the finish to take the primary recreation.
Unnati, who grew to become the youngest Indian to win a BWF Tremendous 100 title after claiming the Odisha Open ladies’s singles title in January, got here roaring again within the second recreation and dominated her Japanese opponent to attract degree. Within the decider, the Indian teenager began effectively however finally slipped as much as crash out.
Following Thursday’s outcomes, S Sankar stays the one Indian nonetheless alive within the competitors.
Notably, former world No 1 Saina Nehwal is the one Indian to win the junior world championship crown up to now whereas rising star Lakshya Sen was India’s final medallist on the occasion with a bronze in 2018.
The BWF World Junior Championships weren’t held in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid-19. The junior championships conclude on October 30.
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