Samiya, Kavipriya & Keyura in semis

Hyderabad, Oct. 6: Three Hyderabad-based shuttlers — Samiya Imad Farooqui, Kavipriya Selvam & Keyura Mopati — advanced to semifinals of the Asian Junior Championships being played in Yangon, Myanmar.

Third seeded Samiya defeated Japan’s Kaoru Sugiyama 14-21, 21-13, 21-13 in the girls Under 15 singles quarters and will next play countrymate Aashi Rawat who beat Japan’s Sorano Yoshikawa 21-15, 21-16.

In the U-17 girls doubles quarterfinals, Keyura Mopati and Kavipriya Selvam succeeded in dismantling the Malaysian duo of Jing Err Gan and Valeree Zi Xuan Siow as the scoreline read 21-10, 211. Earlier in the second round, the semifinalists defeated Maytinee Kunaanuvit and Pichamon Phatchara- phisutsin pair of Thailand with a 21-13, 17-21, 21-16 verdict.

Samiya and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela however suffered a 21-19, 15-21, 2119 loss to Miki Kanehiro and Komi Kushima of Japan in their girls U-17 doubles second round match. They had got a bye in the first round.

THE RESULTS U-15 girls singles quarters: Samiya Imad Farooqui ( India, 3) bt Kaoru Sugiyama (Japan) 14-21, 2113, 21-13; Aashi Rawat ( India) bt Sorano Yoshikawa (Japan) 21-15, 21-1.

U-17 girls doubles quarters: Keyura Mopati (India)/ Kavipriya Selvam ( India) bt Jing Err Gan (Malaysia)/ Valeree Zi Xuan Siow (Malaysia) 21-10, 21-1. Second round: Keyura Mopati (India)/ Kavipriya Selvam (India) bt Maytinee Kunaanuvit (Thailand, 2)/ Pichamon P hatch araphisut sin( Thailand )21-13, 17-21, 21-16; Miki Kanehiro (Japan)/ Komi Kushima (Japan) bt Samiya Imad Farooqui (India)/ Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (India, 4) 21-19, 15-21, 21-19; Kelly Larissa ( Indonesia)/ Shelandry Vyola ( Indonesia) bt Sahithi Bandi (India, 3)/ Varshini Viswanath Sri (India) 21-13, 21-17.