India defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 110-83 to the quarter-finals of the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championship.
The Asia Junior Badminton Championship is being played in Indonesia. India defeated Sri Lanka on Friday. Bharat is in Group-D and Hong Kong has also won both of his matches. Both teams will clash on Friday.
India won all their games In the girls singles, Rujula Ramu defeated Misha Khan 11-5 and the beginning of India began. Then in the mix doubles, C Lalramasanga and Tarini Suri won India and made India's lead 22-11. The score was 55-41 in favor of India until half-way.
At the same time, US open finalist Tanvi Sharma defeated Madhumita Sundarpandian and raised India 66-46. After this, the pair of Lalramasanga and Rashika Y defeated Aditya Kiran and Misha Khan 11-5 in the second mixed doubles and gave India a strong lead of 77-51.
This tournament is being played in a relay scoring format The tournament is being played in a 110-point relay scoring format, with the team to score 110 points in 10 matches.
India's best performance in this tournament was in 2011, when it won the bronze medal. Last year, India lost 2-3 against Malaysia, leaving in the quarter-finals.
17 teams participating in the tournament were divided into 4 groups In this tournament, 17 teams are divided into four groups. There are three teams in three groups and one group has five teams. The top two teams of each group reach the quarter -finals. Both teams are given a bronze medal in the semifinals.
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