Badminton
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:
Live Updates
- 3 Dec 2022 2:58 AM GMT
Anish just 2 points away!
Anish Thoppani is just 2 points away from the final. Leads 19-11.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:57 AM GMT
TALASILA Trails!
This is a very evently matched contest between Talasila and Yih. Though the Indian is lagging behind 9-11 the decider, this can still swing any way with both the players matching each other shot for shot.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:52 AM GMT
ANISH ON THE CHARGE!
Anish is bossing the game around now. He is making the Chinese Taipei shuttler run all around the court, before pocketing the points. Leads 11-5 in the decider before the change of sides.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:48 AM GMT
Anish with the lead
Anish, on the other hand, has opened up an early 3-1 lead. How beneficial will this be?
- 3 Dec 2022 2:47 AM GMT
Talasila trails!
Early pressure on the Indian as the opponent shows some aggression. Talasila trails 2-4.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:44 AM GMT
Anish wins Game 2!
Easy peasy says Anish Thoppani as Yu-Jui smashes one straight into the net to hand the second game to the Indian 21-12. Anish has forced a decider and looks very confident now!
- 3 Dec 2022 2:42 AM GMT
Anish asserts his dominance!
Anish Thoppani has left no room for error post the break. 8 points played after the interval and the Indian has won all of those. Leads 19-9.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:41 AM GMT
Talasila wins Game 2!
He seemed down and out at one points, but Tankara Talasila has showed he is here for the fight. Bounces back tremendously well to win the second Game 21-19 and forces Yi to a decider!
- 3 Dec 2022 2:39 AM GMT
Anish LEADS!
He was trailing for most part, but a couple of errors from his opponents towards the end means Anish Thoppani leads 11-9 at the second mid-game break.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:35 AM GMT
TALASILA EQUALISE!
For the first time in the second game, Talasila is level on terms with his opponent. Reaches there with a beautiful drop after sending his opponent off the court. 15-15.
Can he win this from here?