Bhavya chhabra

BWF World Junior Championships: Top seed Tanvi Sharma, eighth seed Unnati Hooda, and 10th seed Rakshitha Sree Ramraj overcame some anxious moments before hitting their strides to ease into the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025, here at the National Center of Excellence on Wednesday.

Tanvi defeated Oei Winarto of Indonesia 15-12, 15-7, Unnati beat Alice Wang of the United States 15-8, 15-5, and Rakshitha came from a game down to beat Singapore’s Aaliyah Zakaria 11-15, 15-5, 15-8.

While the girls continued their march towards a possible medal, only Gnana Dattu TT will carry India’s hopes in the boys' singles category after he got the better of 15th seed Suryaksh Rawat 11-15, 15-6, 15-11 in an all-Indian round of 32.