Unnati Hooda becomes first Indian to enter U-17 women's singles final

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Category : Sports Published on: December 06 2022

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Indian shuttler Unnati Hooda created history at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2022 by becoming the first Indian to enter the Under-17 singles final.
She won the silver medal by defeating Mione Yokouchi of Japan 21-8, 21-17 in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
She lost to Sarunrak Vitidsarn of Thailand in the gold medal match in the women's singles category.
Previously, men's doubles pairs of Arjun MR-Chirag Shetty (2013) and Krishna Prasad Garaga-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2015) have won gold medals for India in the U-17 category at the tournament.