Tanmoy, Tasnim in pre-quarterfinals of Asia U-17 and U-15 championships

Top seeded Indian shuttlers Tanmoy Boruah and Tasnim Mir registered contrasting victories to enter the U-15 pre-quarterfinals of the Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Badminton Championships here on Thursday. Assam boy Tanmoy had to fight hard during his 21-17, 15-21, 21-14 win over Malaysia's Ramno Ferdinan in the third-round match while, Gujarat's Tasnim notched up a comfortable 21-11, 21-15 victory against Kanaya Putri of Indonesia in the second round.

Later, Tanmoy also went on to beat Japanese pair of Ryudai Konta and Haruto Terauchi 21-8, 21-17 while playing alongside Lakshay Sharma in men's doubles second round match. Another highlight of the day was Tara Sharma who upset third seed Lee Xinyi Megan of Singapore in the U-15 women's singles match following her 22-20, 21-14 hard-fought win.

In the U-17 category, top seeded Varun Kapur also entered last-16 after thrashing Vietnam's Thanh Dat Bui 21-9, 21-12 in the men's singles second round match. However, 12th seeded Pranav Rao Gandham and eighth seeded Meghana Reddy's challenge came to an end in the U-17 boys' and girls' singles category respectively.

While Pranav lost to Hu Yu Chi of Chinese Taipei 13-21, 21-16, 14-21, Meghana suffered a 16-21, 13-21 defeat against Japan's Sorano Yoshikawa.