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Sankar Muthusamy Reaches Badminton World Junior Championships Semifinal


Sankar Muthusamy Reaches Badminton World Junior Championships Semifinal

Sankar Muthusamy assured himself of a medal in the BWF World Junior Championships© Twitter

Rising Indian shuttler Sankar Muthusamy on Friday assured himself of a medal in the BWF World Junior Championships as he reached the men’s U-19 singles semifinals after defeating Hu Zhe An of China in Santander, Spain. Seeded fourth in the tournament, Muthusamy won 21-18, 8-21, 21-16 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and 31 minutes.

He became only the ninth Indian to win a medal at the World Junior Championships, the last being Lakshya Sen in 2018 — a bronze.

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Muthusamy faces Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul of Thailand in the semifinal.

On Thursday, Muthusamy had beaten Nachakorn Pusri, also of Thailand, 21-10 21-12 in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals while fifth seeded Unnati Hooda had lost to Hina Akechi of Japan 17-21 21-12 18-21 in the women’s singles.

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