Asia Junior Badminton- Unnati Hooda advances into final: Highlights
India has the chance to clinch three gold medals in the finals of the Asia Junior Badminton Championship on Sunday.
Unnati Hooda (U17 Women's Singles), Anish Thoppani (U15 Men's Singles), and Arsh Mohammad/Sanskar Saraswat (U15 Men's Doubles) made their way into the finals of their respective categories at the Asia U17 & 15 Junior Badminton Championship.
While the aforementioned names were the victors, the losers from the Indian contingent comprised Tankara Talasila (U15 Men's Singles) and Bjorn Jaison/Aathish Sreenivas (U15 Men's Doubles). They have each secured a bronze medal while Hooda, Thoppani and Arsh/Sanskar vie for top honours on Sunday.
Scroll down to read about all the highlights of the semi-finals:
Arsh/Sanskar beat Taipei's duo 21-15, 21-19 to reach the U17 Men's doubles finals!
It's Arsh/Sanskar against Chinese Taipei's Chiu/Chiu.
Indian's Jaison/Sreenivas lose 18-21, 14-21 against Mubarrok/Pramono as the latter duo advance into the U15 men's doubles finals.
The duo from India are trailing 7-11 in the second game which means the Indonesians are on their way to a straight sets win. Can Jaison and Sreenivas do something to stay in the game?
Gritty work from the Indian youngsters but Mubarrok/Pramono were too good with their smashes.
21-18 to the Indonesian pair.
India's Jaison/Sreenivas are up against Indonesia's Mubarrok/Pramono.