Shuttlers Raksha, Taarini win silver in All-England Juniors

Raksha Kandasamy and Taarini Suri

Indian girls Raksha Kandasamy and Taarini Suri claimed silver medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles events of the BWF All-England Junior Badminton Championships, played at the University of Birmingham, England.

The Navi Mumbai-based second-seeded Raksha lost to Canada's top-seeded Jackie Dent in three keenly-fought games at 21-19, 12-21, 11-21 in the final.

Meanwhile, Mumbai-based Taarini along with her England partner Dillon Chong went down fighting to the American pairing of Garret Tan and Ella Lin in two games at 18-21, 18-21 and had to settle for the silver medal in the event that started on July 27.

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Earlier, in the semi-finals, Taarini and Dillon combined well to overcome the Spanish team of Marc Martin and Macarena Izquierdo clinching a hard-fought 21-19, 22-20 win. In the other semi-finals, Garret and Ella easily prevailed over the English combination of Robin Harper and Lucy Brierley posting a quick 21-15, 21-11 victory.

In the women's singles semi-finals, the No. 1 seed Jackie Dent defeated another Indian contender and sixth seed Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye 21-19, 21-7.

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