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 (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:
Live Updates
- 3 Dec 2022 2:34 AM GMT
Talasila working hard
Talasila is showing the stomach for fight back, he is coming up with some good shots occasionally. But, he is being made to work hard by Yih. No point easy to come by for the Indian at the moment, but he is hanging on. Trails 12-15.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:31 AM GMT
Anish surrenders Game 1!
He fought back well, but the Chiense Taipei shuttler was just beyond his reach. An inch perfect smash from Lee Yu-Ji and Anish has to surrender the first game 18-21.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:30 AM GMT
Anish fights back!
Anish Thoppani, on the other hand, is fighting back. Still has a 3-point deficit, but he seem to be growing in confidence with some good shots. Trails 16-19.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:29 AM GMT
Talasila lags behind
Talasila trails 7-11 at the second mid-game break. He needs some motivation to turn this around in this short break, or else this match and a place in the final can slip away quickly from his grasp.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:26 AM GMT
Anish continues to struggle
Lee Yu-Ji simply seems to be the better player on the court at the moment. He is making Anish work hard for every point even as the Indian keeps gifting them away. Anish is down 9-16 now in the first game.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:25 AM GMT
Errors galore for Talasila
Talasila is on the backfoot at 5-6 in the second game, and it is largely due to self-inflicted errors.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:23 AM GMT
Anish trails
Not the best of starts for Anish Thoppani as he trails 6-11 at the first mid-game break. While his opponent is moving seamlessly on the court, Anish is yet to find his rhythm.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:20 AM GMT
MS U15: Anish Thoppani in action!
On the other hand, Anish Thoppani is out for the first match in the second court. He is up against Lee Yu-Jui.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:19 AM GMT
Talasila surrenders Game 1
Tankara Talasila struggles in the first game and surrenders it 16-21 in 15 minutes.
- 3 Dec 2022 2:13 AM GMT
MS U15: TALASILA IN ACTION!
Tankara Talasila is out on court number 1 playing the first match of the day. He is up against Chung-Hsiang Yih.
