Malvika Bansod, Rashi Lambe crash out of BWF World Junior Badminton Championships

NAGPUR: It was a disappointing end for Malvika Bansod and Rashi Lambe in the Li Ning BWF World Junior Badminton Championship being played at Markham, Canada.
Both the teenage city shuttlers crashed out in the first round in their respective events. Given their brilliant form, both the shuttlers were hoping for a good result in the prestigious annualevent.
Saloni Samirbhai Mehta of Hong Kong edged out Malvika 22-20, 26-24 in 38 minutes.In an exciting U-19 girls singles, Malvika fought hard but could not cross the first round hurdle.
Another city shuttler Rashi Lambe also could not progress. In the U-19 mixed doubles first round, Rashi and Akshan Shetty lost against Canada’s Kevin Wang and Wendy Zhang 13-21, 14-21 in 25 minutes.
In the team championship held prior to the individuals, India failed to finish on the podium and lost 1-3 against Malaysia in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile in the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior (U-13) Ranking badminton tournament at Tezpur (Assam) city’s only hope Krisha Soni bowed out.
In the U-13 girls doubles, Ankita Gogoi and Chilka Gogoi of Assam defeated Krisha Soni and Sarah Sharma (Jharkhand) 21-9, 21-10 in 30 minutes.
Earlier, Krisha and Sarah shocked fifth seeds Sri Vyshnavi SVS (Telangana) and Tanvi Sharma (Punjab) 21-18, 21-14 in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the U-13 singles second round, Krisha Soni lost to Mumbai’s Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye 7-21, 15-21 in 28 minutes.
Earlier in the first round, Krisha rallied back to edge past Maya Balamurugan of Tamil Nadu 19-21, 21-15, 21-19 in 40 minutes.