India’s Jagsher Singh Khangurra assured himself of a medal in the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships after he came from a game down to beat Yuan-Syue Jhuang of Chinese Taipei to reach the boys singles semifinal in Cairo, Egypt on Friday.
Khangurra, who hails from Nabha town in Punjab, defeated Jhuang 6-15, 17-15, 15-12 in 48 minutes to become the ninth boys singles player from India to finish on the podium.
India has so far won one gold, five silver and six bronze and 14th seeded Khangurra will hope to go the distance as he faces 31st seed Radithya Bayu Wardhana of Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday.
Shaina Manimuthu also had a chance of assuring India a medal in the girls singles category but the Asian u-17 silver medallist went down 15-5, 15-8 against China’s Yi Qing Yin in the quarterfinals.
With inputs from PR
