Ruthvika, Daniel, Dasgupta and Varma in Asian Youth meet quarters

Four Indian singles players stayed on course for a podium finish in the Asian Youth (U-15 & U-17) Badminton Championship currently underway at Kudus, Indonesia, after reaching the quarterfinal round in their respective age category.

Ruthvika Shivani (girls u-17), Daniel Farid (boys u-17), Arintap Dasgupta and Siril Varma (boys u-15) made it to the last eight stage on Thursday.

In the girl’s under-17 event, top seed Ruthvika Shivani hammered Yeung Nga Ting of Hong Kong 21-14, 21-14 and will take on 5^th seed Supanida Katethong of Thailand.

While the higher ranked Indian players were made to bite the dust, Daniel Farid got the better of local hope and eighth seed Zulkifli Muhammad 21-12, 10-21, 21-12.

Results (third round)

Girls u-17

Ruthvika Shivani bt Yeung Nga Ting of Hong Kong 21-14, 21-14

Boys u-17

Daniel Farid bt 8-Zulkifli Muhammad (Ina) 21-12, 10-21, 21-12

Boys u-15

Arintap Dasgupta bt Nugroho Bagas Kristianto (Ina) 13-21, 21-17, 21-12; Siril Varma bt Utama Aliev Cahya 18-21, 21-8, 21-10