NEW DELHI, Nov 29: Top seed Unnati Hooda started her campaign in dominating fashion as seven Indians won their matches at the Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Junior Championships 2022, in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Tuesday.
In the U-17 women’s singles round-of-64 match, Odisha Open champion Unnati thrashed Japan’s Misato Sasaki 21-11, 21-5 in just 24 minutes. Unnati will face Indonesia’s Dea Nur Fadilla in the round-of-32 match on Wednesday.
In the other U-17 women’s singles match, Anmol Kharb won both her matches to move into the round of 32. First, she defeated Singapore’s Chujei Jennifer 21-11, 21-14 before getting the better of Wening Sabrina of Indonesia 21-19, 21-10. Anmol will play against Ratnacha Sompoch of Thailand on Wednesday.
Sampriti Pal defeated Keira Indriyan of Indonesia in the U-15 women’s singles round of 128 match 21-12, 7-21, 21-15. She will square off against Japan’s Ria Haga in the next round on Wednesday.
Jiya Rawat went down 11-21, 21-14 and 21-10, fighting against Peeraya Wechawong of Thailand in the U-17 women’s singles round-of-64 match.
In the U-15 men’s singles first round match, three Indian shuttlers- Abhinav Garg, Anish Thoppani and Mohammad Ali Mir won their respective matches and moved to the round of 64. While Abhinav and Anish won in three games against Thailand’s Chinnapat Seangpan and Japan’s Mahiro Matsumoto respectively, Mohammad defeated Srilanka’s Mihila Jayaweeera 21-19-21-14. All three of them will play their next match on Wednesday.
In the U-17 men’s singles section, Dhruv Negi defeated Singapore’s Nge Joo Jin 21-19, 19-21, 21-17. (IANS)
