Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2026: Dhyan Santosh stuns 6th seed; Tanvi Patri, Dev Ruparelia advance to round 2

Indian shuttler Dhyan Santosh caused a major upset by defeating sixth seed Punnatat Prempunpong at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships. Tanvi Patri and Dev Ruparelia also advanced to the second round in Yatsushiro, Japan

Hyderabad: Dhyan Santosh upset sixth seed Punnatat Prempunpong of Thailand while Dev Ruparelia and Tanvi Patri registered contrasting victories in the first round of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Yatsushiro (Japan) on Wednesday.

Dhyan Santosh put up a clinical show to beat Prempunpong 21-17, 21-18 in boy’s singles first round on an otherwise mixed day for the Indian contingent.

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Tanvi Patri breezed through her girls singles opening round, beating Indonesia’s Christabel Purwanto 21-18, 21-6 while fifth seed Ruparelia was pushed to a third game by Sri Lanka’s Pamudu Randiligama 21-13, 16-21, 21-7.

Among the other Indians in action, Adarshini Shri defeated Lee Kay Xin of Malaysia 21-12, 21-12 while Abhinav Garg went down 21-13, 24-22 against Lucas Lee of Malaysia.