Jagsher Singh Khangurra secured a medal for India at the World Junior Championships

BWF World Junior C’ships: Jagsher Singh Khangurra confirms medal for India, reaches semi-finals India’s Jagsher Singh Khangurra fought back from the match to secure a medal at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships. He reached the semifinals of the boys’ singles on Friday in Cairo, Egypt with a 6-15, 17-15, 15-12 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Yuan-Syue Jhuang.The 14th seed, who hails from Nabha in Punjab, became only the ninth Indian boy to secure a podium finish at the Junior World Championships.In the girls’ singles, Shaina Manimuthu suffered a 15-5, 15-8 defeat to China’s Yi Qing Yin in the quarterfinals.Treesa-Gayatri backupIndia’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the BWF Super 750. The unseeded Indian pair upset fifth seeds Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum of Indonesia 21-16, 21-17.India’s Kidambi Srikanth and Ashmita Chaliha have left the tournament. Srikanth lost to France’s Alex Lanier 21-11, 15-21, 15-21, while Ashmita, after a promising start, lost to Japan’s third-seeded Akane Yamaguchi 18-21, 10-21.