Unseeded Siril Varma and the doubles combination of M R
Arjun and Chirag Shetty kept alive India’s hope of bringing home the gold medal
when they ensured a final berth in their respective events of the Asian Youth
(U-15 & U-17) badminton championship in Kudus, Indonesia, on Saturday.
Siril Varma, who trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy,
had to save two game points in the second game before clinching his u-boys 15
singles semifinal encounter against Thaliand’s Nipornam Pacharapol 21-10, 21-18
in just 38 minutes.
He will now take on local favourite Putra Gatja in the
final.
In the boy’s u-17 doubles, top seeds Arjun and Shetty
defeated Thai combination of Kantawat Leelavechabut Krit Tantianankul 22-20,
21-19 in a hard fought encounter to reach the summit clash. The Indian
combination, which has not lost a singles game in the tournament so far, will
now face another Thai challenge in the form of Mak Narongrit and Kantaphon
Wangcharoen.
Meanwhile, two other Indian challengers – Daniel Farid (boys
u-17 singles) and Krishna Prasad/Shreya Bose (u-15 mixed doubles) had to settle
for a bronze medal after losing their respective semifinals.
Results (semifinals)
U-15
Boys singles: Siril Varma bt Nipornam Pacharapol
(Tha) 21-10, 22-20
Mixed Doubles: Krishna Prasad/Shreya Bose lost to
Nipornram Pacharapol/Chaiwan Pattarasuda (Tha) 21-19, 17-21, 21-19
U-17
Boys doubles: 1-M R Arjun/Chirag Shetty bt Kantawat
Leelavechabut/Krit Tantianankul (Tha) 22-20, 21-19
Boys Singles: Daniel Farid lost to 3-Abdul Kholik
(Ina) 21-8, 21-11
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