World Junior Badminton: Vishakha storms into XD quarters

Dream run continued for Odisha girl Vishakha Toppo as she and her Indian partner Bhabya Chhabra barged into the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the ongoing Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Junior Badminton Championship at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, Assam today.

Seeded 14th, Vishakha and Bhabya, who is from Delhi, caused a major upset by eliminating fourth seeded French pair of Thibault Gardon and Agathe Cuevas in their hard-fought pre-quarterfinal clash 15-12, 11-15, 15-12. The Indian duo will meet Chinese Taipei pair of Hung Bing Fu and Chou Yun An for a berth in the semifinals tomorrow.



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