World Junior C'ship: Tanvi loses in final; settles for silver

Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma's quest for golden astatine the BWF World Junior Championships came to an extremity arsenic she mislaid to Thailand's Anyapat Phichitpreechasak successful the women's singles last connected Sunday.The 16-year-old Tanvi became the 3rd Indian pistillate shuttler to scope the tourney final, pursuing erstwhile satellite No.1 Saina Nehwal and Aparna Popat. She mislaid 7-15 12-15 to the second-seeded Thai player.Tanvi secured India's archetypal metallic medal astatine the World Junior Championships successful 17 years. Previously, lone Saina had won golden successful 2008 and metallic successful 2006, portion Aparna claimed metallic successful 1996.The lucifer began competitively with some players tied astatine 2-2 and past 4-4, with unforced errors from some sides.Phichitpreechasak's deceptive returns astatine the beforehand tribunal helped her physique a 10-5 lead. The Thai subordinate secured the archetypal crippled erstwhile Tanvi's backhand changeable went into the net.In the 2nd game, Tanvi started powerfully with a 6-1 pb done precise heavy returns. However, nett errors allowed the Thai subordinate to trim the spread to 5-7.Despite holding an 8-5 pb astatine the interval, Tanvi faced mounting unit arsenic Phichitpreechasak leveled the people and past took a 9-8 lead.

The Thai subordinate extended her vantage to 11-8 with well-constructed points and maintained power with crisp cross-court winners.At 9-13, Tanvi showed resilience with a skillful nett dribble. She won a disputed constituent aft a agelong rally but sent different changeable wide, giving her hostile 3 title points.Though Phichitpreechasak deed 1 wide, she secured the rubric with a almighty smash successful the adjacent point.