Burp. India's rising badminton player Tanvi Patri has created history in the Youth Olympic Games. India's rising badminton player Tanvi Patri has become the first Indian badminton player to reach the final of the women's singles event of the Youth Olympic Games. 15-year-old Tanvi from Odisha continued her brilliant performance and defeated second seed Yuzuno Watanabe of Japan in the semi-finals in a tough match 21-14, 11-21, 21-19.
With the victory in this thrilling match that lasted for 54 minutes, he secured a place in the title match for the gold medal. He took the lead by winning the first game 21-14, but the Japanese player made a comeback in the second game to win 21-11. After this the match reached the decisive third game.
Showed amazing patience in the last game
There was a tough competition between the two players in the decisive game. Tanvi had earlier defeated Kungkaew Kananik of Thailand to reach the semi-finals and had the distinction of becoming the first Indian female player to do so. Now he has a golden opportunity to make his memorable campaign historic by winning the gold medal.
Will compete with China's world junior champion
In the final, she will face China's Yi Xin Zhang, who is the current world junior champion. Tanvi and Zhang have clashed only once so far. This year, both of them came face to face in the quarter-finals of the Asia Junior Championship, where Tanvi had to face defeat 18-21, 16-21 after a tough fight.
The semi-final match against Yuzuno proved to be a tough test of Tanvi's patience and mental strength. Both the players gave a tough challenge to each other and no one gave up easily. Tanvi played aggressively from the beginning and won the first game 21-14. The Japanese player made a strong comeback and won the second game 21-11 and took the match to the deciding game. In the third game also there was a tough competition between the two players. The match continued to go through ups and downs, but Tanvi showed amazing composure in the decisive moments. They registered a memorable victory by winning the third game 21-19.
Indian badminton's growing stature in Youth Olympics
This achievement of Tanvi is another important chapter in the growing recognition of Indian badminton at the Youth Olympics. Earlier, HS Prannoy had won a silver medal in the first Youth Olympics held in Singapore in 2010. Lakshya Sen was the runner-up in the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics in 2018. Aditya Joshi had reached the semi-finals of the men's singles event in 2014.