Dhyan Santosh put up a clinical show to beat Prempunpong 21-17, 21-18 in boys' singles first round on an otherwise mixed day for the Indian contingent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tanvi Patri breezed through her girls' singles opening round, beating Indonesia\u2019s Christabel Purwanto 21-18, 21-6, while fifth seed Ruparelia was pushed to a third game by Sri Lanka\u2019s Pamudu Randiligama 21-13, 16-21, 21-7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Among the other Indians in action, Adarshini Shri defeated Lee Kay Xin of Malaysia 21-12, 21-12, while Abhinav Garg went down 21-13, 24-22 against Lucas Lee of Malaysia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, India\u2019s campaign in the Mixed Team competition in the Badminton Asia Junior Championships came to an end at the quarterfinal stage as they went down to Hong Kong 2-1 on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India started strong in the opening set with Dev Ruparelia and Tanvi Patri giving the team a strong start as India led 22-12 after two matches. The doubles combinations then ensured that there were no hiccups as they clinched the set 55-44.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the start of the second game turned things around for Hong Kong as Can Yee Hei beat Ruparelia 11-8 and IP Sum Yau extended their lead to 22-16. The doubles combinations could not cut down the deficit as the match went into a decider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ruparelia once again gave India a lead by beating Chan 11-9, but Ip managed to close the gap to 22-21.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the start of the second game turned things around for Hong Kong as Can Yee Hei beat Ruparelia 11-8 and IP Sum Yau extended their lead to 22-16. The doubles combinations could not cut down the deficit as the match went into a decider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tanvi Reddy Andluri and Baruni Parshwal went down to Chu and Yi Kiu Yu 5-11, and India could not recover from that and lost the set 55-43.<\/p>\r\n\r\n