Cairo (Egypt), Oct 15 India’s Jagsher Singh Khangurra assured himself of a medal at the Badminton World Junior Championships after rallying to beat Chinese Taipei’s Yuan-Syue Jhuang in a thrilling three-game quarterfinal here on Thursday.
Khangurra saved a match point in the second game before prevailing 6-15, 17-15, 15-12 at the Cairo International Stadium.
The Punjab shuttler had earlier defeated Malaysia’s Lee Qian Chong 15-8, 15-8 in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.
Khangurra, who has been training at the Centre for Badminton Excellence in Bengaluru for the past two years, will face Indonesia’s Radithya Bayu Wardhana on Friday for a place in the final.
The Indian had also beaten Thailand’s 22nd seed Punnatat Prempunpong in the round of 32, besides defeating Mauritius’ Pranav Bhaugeerothee and Algeria’s Mohamed Rayane Bouffeniche in the earlier rounds.
Khangurra has won six medals at international tournaments.
India has so far won one gold, five silver and six bronze.
Shaina Manimuthu also had a chance to assure India of a medal in the girls’ singles category but the Asian U-17 silver medallist went down 5-15, 8-15 to China’s Yi Qing Yin in the quarterfinals.
(PTI News)
