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 (Source: Badminton Association of Thailand)
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.
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