India’s campaign at the BWF World Junior Championships ends in disappointment
Indian duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Kuhoo Garg lost to Tang Jie Chen and Ee Wei Toh of Malaysia in the mixed doubles quarter-final match of BWF World Junior Championships in Bilbao on Friday. They went down by a score of 21-13, 12-21, 19-21 in 45 minutes.
Rankireddy and Garg are the only Indian pair to reach at the quarter-final stage of this prestigious event and they didn’t disappoint the fans by putting a valiant effort, but couldn’t pull off a victory in the end. In a game that lasted 45 minutes, Rankireddy and Garg showed remarkable resilience to tackle their Malaysian counter-parts.
Partnering with Krishna Prasad
In the Men’s singles, 15-year-old Lakshya Sen went down to fifth-seeded Sun Feixiang by 21-17, 8-21, 21-13 to end his campaign in the Pre-quarter finals.
Shikha Gautam lost to second-seeded Chen Yufei of China with a 13-21, 10-21 while 15-year-old Aakarshi Kashyap's challenge was ended by Natsuki Oie of Japan in stright sets of 15-21, 7-21.
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