Yatsushiro (Japan), Jul 1 (PTI) Dhyan Santosh upset sixth seed Punnatat Prempunpong of Thailand to lead a strong show by the Indian players in the first round of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships here on Wednesday.
Santosh put up a clinical show to beat Prempunpong 21-17, 21-18 in the boys’ singles first round.
Tanvi Patri then breezed through her girls singles opening round, beating Indonesia’s Christabel Purwanto 21-18, 21-6 while fifth seed Ruparelia defeated Sri Lanka’s Pamudu Randiligama 21-13, 16-21, 21-7.
Among the other Indians in action, Adarshini Shri defeated Lee Kay Xin of Malaysia 21-12, 21-12 but Abhinav Garg went down 13-21, 22-24 to Lucas Lee of Malaysia. PTI PDS PM PDS PM PM
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