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Be sharper. Be stronger. Be patient. That’s the mantra going forward for Tanvi Sharma, the first Indian female medallist at the BWF World Junior Championships since Saina Nehwal’s gold in Pune in 2008, a month before Tanvi was born. On Sunday, in front of a near-capacity crowd at the National Centre of Excellence (NCE) in…
Be sharper. Be stronger. Be patient. That’s the mantra going forward for Tanvi Sharma, the first Indian female medallist at the BWF World Junior Championships since Saina Nehwal’s gold in Pune in 2008, a month before Tanvi was born. On Sunday, in front of a near-capacity crowd at the National Centre of Excellence (NCE) in…
India’s Tanvi Sharma lost to second seed Anyapat Phichitpreechasak of Thailand in the girls’ singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 in Guwahati on Sunday. Phichitpreechasak outclassed Tanvi in straight games, winning the summit clash 7-15, 12-15. In their only previous meeting, Tanvi had bettered Phichitpreechasak, at the Asian U-17 Junior Championships in…
The decibel levels at the National Centre of Excellence (NCE) in Guwahati rose in sync with the dhol beats but one spectator could barely look at the action unfolding on the Centre Court. As Tanvi Sharma inched closer to the finish line in her BWF World Championships semifinal, Meena, the 16-year-old Indian’s mother, took the…
Tanvi Sharma scripted history on Saturday, storming into the girls’ singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 in Guwahati with a straight-games win — 15-11, 15-9 — over China’s Asian Junior Championships silver medallist Liu Si Ya. With the win, the 16-year-old became only the fifth Indian to reach a World Juniors final…
Tanvi Sharma ensured that an Indian girl will stand on the podium at the BWF World Junior Championships after 17 years as she defeated Japan’s Saki Matsumoto 13-15, 15-9, 15-10 in the quarterfinals in Guwahati on Friday, thus confirming at least a bronze medal. Coincidentally, the last time an Indian girl won a medal at…
Tanvi Sharma bounced back to get the better of Japan’s Saki Matsumoto and make the semifinals of the World junior badminton championship in Guwahati on Friday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Tanvi Sharma ensured that an Indian girl will stand on the podium at the World junior badminton championships after 17 years, as she defeated…
Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma became the first Indian girl to win a singles medal at the BWF World Junior Championships since 2008 after beating Japan’s Saki Matsumoto in the quarterfinals on Friday. Tanvi, now assured of a bronze, also confirmed India’s first medal of the ongoing 2025 edition being held in Guwahati. The Indian, seeded first,…
Badminton stars Tanvi Sharma and Vennala Kalagotla. Photo: PTI/Instagram Tanvi Sharma continued her recent impressive run, winning bronze at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Saturday (July 26, 2025), along with Vennala Kalagotla, as India returned with two individual medals for women in the event for the first time ever. Tanvi and Vennala, the last…
Tanvi Sharma continued her recent impressive run, winning bronze at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Saturday, along with Vennala Kalagotla, as India returned with two individual medals for women in the event for the first time ever. Tanvi and Vennala, the last two remaining Indians in the fray, went down fighting to their respective…
