‘Too premature’: BAI rejects reports about appointing foreign coaches
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
India opened their campaign with a dominating 5-0 win over Cook Islands 5-0 in the mixed team event at the BWF World Junior Championships in Spokane, USA.
Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Vaishnavi Khadkekar gave India a 1-0 lead outperforming Kaiyin Mataio and Tereapii Akavi’s 21-6, 21-8 victory.
Ayush Shetty and Tara Shah further extended India’s lead with dominant showings in their respective singles matches.
In the boys’ singles match, Ayush displayed his skills to register a onesided 21-6, 21-3 win over Daniel Akavi whereas Tara shows just took 14 minutes to beat Te Pa O Te Rangi Tupa 21-3, 21-6 in the girls singles match.
Nicholas and Tushar defeated Emanuela Mataio and Kaiyin Mataio comfortably with a scoreline of 21-9, 21-5 in the boys’ doubles match.
On the other hand, the girls’ doubles duo of Radhika Sharma and Tanvi Sharma demonstrated excellent teamwork to clinch a 21-4, 21-7 against Tereapii Akavi and Vaitea Crocombe-ama.
Later India received a walkover against the Dominican Republic and will next face Brazil, , and Germany in their final Group D match on Wednesday.
BAI has sent a 16-member squad for the tournament which will conclude on October 8.
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