Jr shuttlers shine in Asian C'ship

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Meghana Reddy and Tasnim Mir won the girls doubles crown as Indian shuttlers bagged five medals in the Badminton Asia Junior U-17 and U-15 championships which concluded at Mandalay, Myanmar on Sunday.

Meghana and Tasnim pair defeated Korean duo of Yeo Jin Gong and Da Yeon Jeong 23-21, 21-18 in the final to secure the Under-15 girls doubles title.

Meiraba Luwang and Aditi Bhatt won a Bronze medal each in the Under-17 boys singles and girls singles respectively, while S Shankar Muthuswamy claimed a Bronze in under-15 boys singles.

The men doubles duo in U-15 category, Pranv Rao Gandham and P Sai Vishnu, added yet another Bronze medal to India's tally.

Sankar lost his semifinal to Korean Byung Jae Kim 15-21, 19-21 in a tight match and it was followed by Aditi, who went down to Indonesian Aisyah Savita Ftetani 12-21, 13-21.

Meiraba fought well but unfortunately went down 21-19, 16-21, 10-21 against Korean Yong Jin and the pair of Pranav and Sai Vishu couldn't withstand the Indonesian duo of Muhammad Rayhan Nurand Marwan Faza, who wrapped up the match 21-12, 21-19.

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