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Sankar Muthusamy in action (BAI)
Sankar Muthusamy will take on Chinese Taipei's Kau Kaun Lin in the final of men's singles at the BWF Junior World Badminton Championships today. The 18-year-old has the chance to become the first ever men's singles world champion from India.
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That's all we have from the 2022 Badminton World Junior Championships. India finishes with a solitary silver medal via Sankar Muthusamy in Men's Singles.
The 18-year-old went down to the Chinese Taipei shuttler 14-21, 20-22 in the final to take home the silver as India's wait for a men's singles World Champion continues.
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Aparna Popat - Silver in 1996
Saina - Silver in 2006, Gold in 2008
Gurusaidutt - Bronze 2008
Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy - Bronze in 2010
Sameer Verma - Bronze in 2011
Siril Verma - Silver in 2015
Lakshya Sen - Bronze in 2018
He fought, he fought like a lion, but Sankar Muthusamy eventually goes down 14-21, 20-22 to Kuan Lin in the final of the Junior World Championships. It is silver for the Indian.
This is stuff of dreams from Sankar Muthusamy. He has equalised at 20-20. Kuan Lin is shocked.
Brilliant from Sankar Muthusamy as he saves 5 match points. He is not giving up easily. The Indian trails 19-20.
6 championship points now for Kaun Lin. Sankar looks dejected.
Sankar Muthusamy is down 13-18 and looks like he would need a miracle here.