Badminton Asia Junior Championships: Tanvi Patri wins U17 title in All India final

Fifteen-year-old Tanvi Patri won the girls’ U17 singles title at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships on Sunday, defeating fellow Indian Shaina Manimutha in the all-India final.

The second seed recovered from a slow start to defeat Manimutha 11-15, 15-10, 15-12 to claim the continental title. The Odisha youngster won his maiden international title at the Pontianak International Challenge before making it big at the All India Junior U19 Badminton Ranking Tournament in Bengaluru earlier this year.

Patri has now followed up her 2024 Asian U15 title with the U17 crown. Her progress to the final was not straightforward. After a first-round bye, she was tested by China’s Zhou Jing Li in her opening match.

Patri took the first game 18-16, but Zhou hit back to take the second game 15-12 and force a decision. The Indian held her nerve to win the third game 15-13 to advance to the next round.

She then beat Japan’s Shizuku Kashio 15-9, 15-12, and in the quarterfinals she beat China’s Lin Heng Men 15-8, 15-8. The semifinal brought another tough test against China’s Yu Ying Gui. Patri won the opening game 15-9, but Yu leveled the match with a 15-11 win in the second.

Patri kept her composure in the decider and closed out a 15-11 victory to book her place in the final. Manimuthu, the sixth seed, also enjoyed a strong run for the title. She defeated Japan’s Yui Itabashi in the quarterfinals and set up a semifinal against another Japanese player, Anon Okimoto.

Manimuthu won this contest 15-13, 15-12 and reached the final. The final was a rematch of the meeting between the two Indians at the All India Junior U19 Badminton Ranking Tournament in Bengaluru earlier this year.

Manimuthu got off to a better start, taking the opening game 15-11. Patri responded in the second, winning 15-10 to tie the match before sealing the title with a 15-12 win in the decider.

The win also saw India retain the U17 girls’ singles title for the second consecutive year. Diksha Sudhakar won the crown in 2025.

For Manimuthu, the silver medal adds to her continental record after winning the Asian U15 title last year. India also finished on the podium in the U15 Boys’ Doubles with Aaditya Singh Negi and Tanmay Verma winning bronze.

The Indian pair’s run ended in the semi-finals on Saturday when they lost 5-15, 10-15 to Chinese Taipei’s Bo Lin Ho and Jui En Hou.

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Issued by:

Saurabh Kumar

Published on:

13 Sep 2026 18:31 IST