Indian pair Payas-Yashaswini wins gold at Asian Junior & Cadet championship at Laos

New Delhi, Sep 6 (UNI) Indian paddlers ended their marketing campaign within the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships at Laos on a golden be aware when Payas Jain and Yashaswini Ghorpade defeated the Chinese language duo of Han Xinyuan and Qin Yuxuan 3-2 (11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8) in an exciting last on Tuesday.

This was the primary gold medal that the Indian juniors have gained in an Asian Championships, and it got here shut on the heels of our first blended gold on the CWG by A. Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula in Birmingham final month.

Moreover, India additionally grabbed three bronze medals, one every within the U-19 Boys Doubles, within the U-19 ladies singles, and within the U-19 Boys staff occasion. Total, the Indians did properly to return dwelling with 4 medals.

The highest-seeded Indian duo began properly to surge right into a 2-0 lead earlier than the Chinese language pair got here again to take the following two video games.

Nonetheless, within the decider, Payas and Yashaswini mixed cleverly and attacked in a measured option to outwit their opponents.

Earlier, the top-seeded Karnataka lady did properly as much as the quarterfinals within the Underneath-19 Women singles however misplaced to Chen Yi of China within the semis, shedding the match in straight video games of 13-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3. After the primary two video games, the place Yashaswini confirmed her preventing qualities, she misplaced steam within the subsequent two and didn’t play as properly.

Payas, who mixed with Delhi-mate Yashansh Malik within the U-19 Boys Doubles until the earlier spherical, did not repeat their efficiency within the semifinals in opposition to the Japanese duo of Yuta Iimura and Yuhi Sakai. The Japanese, who grew to become the eventual gold-winner, beat the Indians 11-8, 11-7, 12-14, 11-6, and settled for the bronze.

The second-seeded Underneath-19 Boys staff defeated hosts Thailand 3-2 within the quarterfinals final Friday.

Of their semifinals in opposition to Japan, the Indians discovered the going robust, regardless of Payas placing India 1-0 up and Ankur Bhattacharjeeee, making it 2-1. Yashansh Malik misplaced each his singles and Payas his reverse singles, giving the match away to the Japanese, Iimura, Sakai and Kotaro Takahashi.

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