New Delhi, July 11 (Hindustan Times). The Indian junior team’s campaign in the team event of the prestigious Badminton Asia Junior Championships came to an end with a 3-1 quarterfinal loss to Indonesia on Monday.
In the mixed doubles match, Samarveer and Radhika went down 16-21, 15-21 to Adrian and Felisha, giving Indonesia a 1-0 lead. Aayush Shetty then lost to Alvi Farhan 21-18, 15-21, 19-21 in the men’s singles, taking Indonesia’s lead to 2-0.
Rakshita Sri S then won the girls’ singles match 21-18, 10-21, 23-21 in a thrilling match against Rujana to take the score to 2-1.
However, in the boys’ doubles event, Divyam and Mayank lost 10-21, 21-15, 12-21 against Muhammad and Joaquin of Indonesia. Due to which Indonesia won 3-1 and entered the semi-finals. At the same time, the Indian team’s journey in the team event has come to an end. Now the Indian players will start their individual campaign on 12th July.
