Shaina Manimuthu and Diksha Sudhakar advance to quarterfinals at Badminton Asia U15/U17 Championships
India’s Shaina Manimuthu and Diksha Sudhakar reached the quarterfinals in the Under-15 girls’ singles at the Badminton Asia U15/U17 Championships in Chengdu. Other standout performances included Lakshya Rajesh, Aditi Deepak Raj/Ponnamma BV Vriddhi, and boys’ doubles pair Thippana/Veeramreddy.
Hyderabad: India’s girls continued to shine on the second day of the Badminton Asia Under-17 and Under-15 Championships, with top seed Shaina Manimuthu and sixth seed Diksha Sudhakar storming into the quarterfinals of the Under-15 girls’ singles after impressive victories in Chengdu on Friday.
Shaina maintained her fine form, ousting China’s Li Man Lin 21-17, 21-16 with commanding control from start to finish. In the Under-17 section, Diksha showed her composure as she outclassed Chinese Taipei’s Pin Hsuan Chiang 21-19, 21-15 to secure a last-eight berth.
Among other standout results, Lakshya Rajesh advanced with a strong 21-16, 21-11 win over Korea’s Lee Yun Seo in the girls’ singles Under-17 contest, while the Under-17 girls’ doubles pair Aditi Deepak Raj and Ponnamma BV Vriddhi held their nerve to edge Korea’s Lee Yun Seo/Park Yoo Jeong 17-21, 21-15, 21-17. In boys’ doubles, Charan Ram Thippana and Hari Krishna Veeramreddy produced a clinical 21-14, 21-8 victory against Japan’s Kosuke Shinohara/Hiroto Nakatsuka, and Jagsher Singh Khangurra eased past Malaysia’s Winson Choh 21-12, 21-17 in singles.
In the Under-15 boys’ singles, Wazir Singh narrowly missed out on a quarterfinal spot after a valiant 19-21, 22-20, 22-24 loss to seventh seed Revan Adrilleo Saputra of Indonesia.
India had won a gold and a bronze in 2024, and one gold, one silver, and one bronze in 2023, with both editions taking place in Chengdu. A 36-member squad is fighting for silverware across two age categories this time around.
