BWF World Junior Championships 2025: Tanvi Sharma & Unnati Hooda Through With Easy Wins

Last Updated:October 14, 2025, 20:21 IST

Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda and Rakshitha Sree R led India to strong wins at the BWF World Junior Championships, while Vennala K exited.

Tanvi Sharma and Unnati Hooda at the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 (BAI/X)

Medal hopefuls Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda, and Rakshitha Sree R began their BWF World Junior Championships campaigns with comfortable victories. All four boys’ singles players also progressed to the next round at the National Centre of Excellence on Tuesday.

Top-seeded Tanvi defeated Poland’s Wiktoria Kaletka 15-2, 15-1 in just 11 minutes. Eighth seed Unnati secured a 15-8, 15-9 win over Hong Kong’s Liu Hoi Anna in 23 minutes. Rakshitha Sree overcame Canada’s Lucy Yang 15-5, 15-9 to get her campaign underway.

Indonesia’s Thalita Wiryawan, seeded seventh, was the highest-seeded girls’ singles player to be knocked out. Chinese Taipei’s Shu-Yu Wen fought back from a game down to win 12-15, 15-7, 15-8 in 34 minutes.

BWF president Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul visited the National Centre of Excellence, interacted with Badminton Association of India officials, and watched some exciting matches.

In the boys’ singles category, 11th seed Rounak Chouhan defeated Sri Lanka’s Thisath Rupathunga 15-3, 15-6, 15th seed Suryaksh Rawat beat Yigitcan Erol of Turkey 15-5, 15-8, and Lalthazuala Hmar triumphed over Rylan Tan of the USA 15-11, 15-5. A few hours later, Gnana Dattu TT joined his teammates in the round of 32, beating Brazil’s Joaquim Mendonca 15-10, 15-13.

In the next round, Gnana Dattu will face Suryaksh for a place in the pre-quarterfinals. The only setback for India in the singles category was Asian Junior Championships bronze medallist Vennala K, who lost 6-15, 5-15 against fifth seed Tonrug Saeheng of Thailand in the second round.

In the mixed doubles events, 14th seed Bhavya Chhabra and Vishakha Toppo, along with C Lalramsanga and Taarini Suri, advanced to the next round in contrasting manners, while two Indian pairs were knocked out.

Bhavya and Vishakha struggled in the second game but recovered well to beat Indonesia’s Ghian Sofyan and Salsabila Aulia 15-4, 13-15, 15-5. C Lalramsanga and Taarini Suri dominated the second game to win 15-12, 15-5.

Also advancing to the next round were Mansa and Gayatri Rawat, who had an easy 15-3, 15-5 win over Egypt’s Alya Elghandour and Fatema Rabie, while Aanya Bisht and Angel Punera defeated Poland’s Wiktoria Kaletka and Olga Szwarnowiecka 15-12, 15-11 in girls’ doubles.

In boys’ doubles, sixth seeds Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu defeated Slovakia’s Andrej Macek and Andrej Suchy 15-7, 15-6 in the second round.

Later in the day, Bhavya and Sumith AR saved a match point but could not avoid a 12-15, 15-10, 16-14 defeat against the Danish combination of Philip Boe and Salomon Thomasen.

BWF World Junior Championships 2025: India Results

Men’s singles:

15-Suryaksh Rawat bt Yigitcan Erol (Turkiye) 15-5, 15-8; 11-Rounak Chouhan bt Thisath Rupathunga (Sri Lanka) 15-3, 15-6; Lalthazuala Hmar bt Rylan Tan (USA) 15-11, 15-5; Gnana Dattu TT vs Joaquim Mendonca (Brazil) 15-10, 15-13

Women’s singles:

1-Tanvi Sharma bt Wiktoria Kaletka (Poland) 15-2, 15-1; 8-Unnati Hooda bt Liu Hoi Anna (Hong Kong) 15-8, 15-9; Vennala K lost to 5-Tonrug Saeheng (Thailand) 6-15, 5-15; 10-Rakshitha Sree bt Lucy Yang (Canada) 15-5, 15-9

Mixed doubles:

14-Bhavya Chhabra/Vishakha Toppo bt Ghian Sofyan/Salsabila Aulia (Indonesia) 15-4, 13-15, 15-5; C Lalramsanga/Taarini Suri bt Ralph Dalojo/Andrea Hernandez (Philippines) 15-12, 15-5; Vansh Dev/Dianka Waldia lost to 11-Datu Asrah/Zi Low (Malaysia) 15-6, 5-15, 10-15; Vishnu Kode/Keerthy Manchala lost to Wei Jian Zhen/Liang Yu En (China) 13-15, 10-15

Men’s doubles:

6-Bhargav Ram Arigela/Viswa Tej Gobburu bt Andrej Macek/Andrej Suchy (Slovakia) 15-7, 15-6; Vishnu Kode/Mithileish Krishnan lost to 7-Thibault Gardon/Mady Sow (France) 11-15, 10-15; Sumith AR/Bhavya Chhabra lost to Philip Boe/Salomon Thomasen (Denmark) 15-12, 10-15, 14-16.

Women’s doubles:

16-Aanya Bisht/Angel Punera vs Wiktoria Kaletka/Olga Szwarnowiecka (Poland) 15-12, 15-11; Vennala K /Reshika U bt 9-Dominika Bartlomiejczuk/Kaja Ziolkowska (Poland) w/o; 7-Gayatri Rawat/Mansa Rawat bt Alya Elghandour/Fatema Rabie (Egypt) 15-3, 15-5

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Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes cricket content, havin...Read More

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