Badminton Asia Junior Championship: India defeated Hong Kong and topped Group D

Solo (Indonesia): India continued their victory campaign by defeating Hong Kong China 110-100 in the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships here on Sunday and topped Group D. Both India and Hong Kong had confirmed their place in the knock-out phase before this match.

Rujula Ramu defeated IP Sum Yau 11-8 and made India start with victory once again. After this, Bhargava Ram Arigella and Vishwa Tej Goburu’s sixth number of couple of world number six to the world was increased to 22-13 against Chewn Sai Shing and Deng Chi Fi.

Hong Kong’s lam, by making 13 points, helped his team reduce the difference, but Raunak Chauhan took India to 33 points.

After five matches, there was a difference of six points between the score of 55-49 between the two teams, then Junior World No. One player Tanvi Sharma dominated Liu Hoi Kiu Anna in the second girl’s singles and led India to lead India once again.

Although the next four matches were equal, India maintained the lead and made it to the quarter -finals on Monday, in the top of the group, in which it will face Japan.

Japan finished second in Group A after Thailand. India performed their best in the mixed team event in 2011 in which it won a bronze medal. Last year, India missed the medal by losing 2-3 to Malaysia in the quarter-finals.